John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2107 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2107 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | It is most true, stylus virum arguit,—our style bewrays us. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader. |
| Note 1. Le style est l’homme même (The style is the man himself).—Buffon: Discours de Réception (Recueil de l’Académie, 1750). [back] |