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The expression is: Don't cut off your nose TO spite your face. This means: Don't do anything impulsive and self-destructive, especially out of anger, because ultimately you will be the one to suffer.
The precise wording 'cut off your nose to spite your face' doesn't appear in print until the 18th century. Versions of proverbs that mean much the same thing date back to the Tudor era. John Heywood's A Dialogue Conteynyng Prouerbes and Epigrammes, 1562 list this entry under Of Spite: