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文は人なり
ぶんはひとなり
1. [exp] [proverb]
《from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc》
▶ the style is the man
▶ the style is the man himself



History:
4. A 2014-12-09 03:40:49  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs:
 文章を見れば書き手の人となりがわかる。[補説]フランスの博物学者ビュフォンの言葉から。
3. A* 2014-12-05 05:55:13  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-styleisthemanthe.html
(The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable )
the exact quote is usu. translated as "the style is the man 
himself" but apparently it's often shorted to "the style is 
the man"
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@
+<s_inf>from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc</s_inf>
+<gloss>the style is the man</gloss>
2. A* 2014-12-03 04:36:15  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij ngrams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-
Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>文は人也</keb>
+<keb>文は人なり</keb>
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>The style is the man</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>the style is the man himself</gloss>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
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