To wipe the nose on the cap or sleeve belongs to rustics; to wipe the nose on the arm or elbow to pastrycooks; and to wipe the nose with the hand, if by chance at the same instant you hold it to your gown, is not much more civil. But to receive the excreta of […]
Nose Quotes
One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.
A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
Respirator, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to the lungs.
An inch in a man’s nose is much.
Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose.
It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.
Plain as the nose on a man’s face.
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
In cleaning the nose, the rules of cleanliness and decency should be exactly followed, always turning a little to one side, and making use of a handkerchief.
