You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; …

Johann Kaspar Lavater
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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all. ✨ Aphorisms on Man by Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).
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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all. ✨ Aphorisms on Man by Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).

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