“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”
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French author 1885–1970Related quotes
“Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.”
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755–1826) French lawyer, politician and writer
Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es. <br class="br"> Aphorism #4 http://books.google.com/books?id=enUTAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Dis-moi+ce+que+tu+manges+je+te+dirai+ce+que+tu+es%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage, Physiologie du Goût (1825)