the style is the man

the style is the man
Cf. L. stylus virum arguit, the style shows the man; G. L. LE CLERC, CONTE DE BUFFON in Histoire Naturelle (1753) VII. p. xvii. Le style est l’homme même, the style is the man himself.

1901 A. WHYTE Bible Characters V. civ. If the style is the man in Holy Scripture also..we feel a very great liking for Luke.

1942 H. F. HEARD Reply Paid ix. Usually I don’t like to have my style modified. ‘The style is the man.’


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