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As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
— Noses
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, Nikolai Gogol's Nos and, of course, fairy tales such as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio and Wilhelm Hauff's Zwerg Nase are only some of the texts that feature prominent noses.
Jolly nose! there are fools who say drink hurts the sight,Than live always in darkness without it.
Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,… when I want any good head-work done I choose a man—provided his education has been suitable—with a long nose.
Plain as a nose in a man's face.
