And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is…

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And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed. ✨ Francisco de Hollanda, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1928). Four dialogues on painting, Hyperion Pr
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