John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
403 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 403 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man’s face, 1 or a weathercock on a steeple. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 1. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man’s face.—Robert Burton: Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii. sect. 3, memb. 4, subsect. 1. [back] |