glasses on his nose

As Walter Benjamin — with glasses on his nose, autumn in his soul, and vicarious murder in his heart—wrote in 1921, “If the rule of myth is broken occasionally in the present age, the coming age is not so unimaginably remote that an attack on law is altogether futile. But if the existence of violence outside the law, as pure immediate violence, is assured, this furnishes proof that revolutionary violence, the highest manifestation of unalloyed violence by man, is possible, and shows by what means."

- The Jewish Century By Yuri Slezkine

In the next story, "How Things Were Done in Odessa," the primary narrator is an unworldly Jew, described as having glasses on his nose and autumn in his heart ... - The Complete Works of Isaac Babel

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comment from @HolbrookHorizon: As the woman said "It's all about the Benjamins". referring to It's All About the Benjamins

"Benjamins" is slang for $100 bills (USD), a reference to Benjamin Franklin's image on the bills.