Snub-nosed man is ashamed when he looks in a mirror; he is vexed to see his nose as it is. Thus, where bad qualities stand in the way, what is true seems hostile to us. What is a diamond to a blind man? It is just like a flint. Tuka says, A dog goes on barking, because he does not know the right time to bark.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1076
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents