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-''[[Le style c'est l'homme]]''[http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/141/756/970_001.jpg] is a humorous postcard by [[Louis Buffier]], showing a man playing [[petanque]].+''[[Le style c'est l'homme]]''[http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/141/756/970_001.jpg] is a humorous postcard by [[Louis Buffier]], showing a man playing [[pétanque]].
-:Thanks to [[Buffon]]'s talent as a writer, he was invited to join Paris's second great academy, the [[Académie Française]] in 1753. In his {{lang|fr|''[[Discours sur le style]]''}} ("[[Discourse on Style]]"), pronounced before the Académie Française, he said, "Writing well consists of thinking, feeling and expressing well, of clarity of mind, soul and taste .... The style is the man himself" ("{{lang|fr|''Le style c'est l'homme même''}}").+The phrase is attributed to [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]] In his ''[[Discourse on Style]]'', he said, "Writing well consists of thinking, feeling and expressing well, of clarity of mind, soul and taste .... The style is the man himself" ("''Le style c'est l'homme même''").
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Le style c'est l'homme[1] is a humorous postcard by Louis Buffier, showing a man playing pétanque.

The phrase is attributed to Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon In his Discourse on Style, he said, "Writing well consists of thinking, feeling and expressing well, of clarity of mind, soul and taste .... The style is the man himself" ("Le style c'est l'homme même").



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