“The style is the man.”
Le style c'est l'homme.
Discourse on taking his seat in the French Academie (Aug. 25, 1753). Le style c'est l'homme même. Œuvres Completes (1778). Histoire Naturelle (1769). Le style est de l'homme. Discours sur Style.
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Le style c'est l'homme.
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