“When a man makes a reverent face before a face that is no face — that is idol worship!”
As quoted in Tales of the Hasidim : The Later Masters (1948) by Martin Buber as translated by Olga Marx
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“Before facing you enemy, you must first face yourself.”
Source: Bleach―ブリーチ― 33 [Burīchi 33]
“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”
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As quoted by John Greenleaf Whittier in his poem "Abraham Davenport" first published in The Atlantic Monthly (May 1866); later published in The Tent on the Beach, and Other Poems (1867).
Context: This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But be it so or not, I only know my present duty, and my Lord’s command to occupy till He come. So at the post where He hath set me in His providence, I choose, for one, to meet Him face to face, no faithless servant frightened from my task, but ready when the Lord of the harvest calls; and therefore, with all reverence, I would say, let God do His work, we will see to ours. Bring in the candles.
“Plain as the nose on a man's face.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 4.