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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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BARBERS

All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the surroundings of barbers. These never change.
- "About Barbers," Sketches New and Old

Twain observes a barber
Illustration from ST. NICHOLAS, March 1916

A barber seldom rubs you like a Christian.
- "About Barbers,"
Sketches New and Old

Barber on board
Illustration from first edition
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR


About Barbers
Illustration by True Williams from first edition of SKETCHES NEW AND OLD

"About Barbers" first appeared in The Galaxy in August 1871.

Mark Twain also wrote about barbers in an essay titled "Barbarous" published in the New York Sunday Mercury, March 24, 1867.

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