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"A visor for a visor"
Proverb
Act 1,
Scene 4
Lines 27-29

Mercutio refers to the proverb, "A well-favored visor will hide an ill-favored face" in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 4.

Mercutio

Give me a case to put my visage in.
A visor for a visor — what care I
What curious eye doth quote deformities?

Mercutio is referring to the proverb, "A well-favored visor will hide an ill-favored face," meaning an attractive mask will hide an ugly face. But he doesn’t care what nosy person — what "curious eye" — notices his less than attractive features (his "deformities").