What does the author mean when he says, “when trying to cross himself the blind man only succeeded in breaking his own nose”? Do you agree? *hint: think of someone trying to make the sign of the cross over themselves (for protection) and accidentally hit

who knows whether the moral responsibility, resulting from
the trust thus bestowed, might not have inhibited the
criminal temptation and caused the victory of those shining
and noble sentiments which it is always possible to find
even in the most depraved souls. To finish on a plebeian
note, as the old proverb never tires of teaching us, while
trying to cross himself the blind man only succeeded in
breaking his own nose.