NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that g… — The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary — Ambrose Bierce

NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.

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