He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.

Rudyard Kipling

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch.

Rudyard Kipling · From the poem "If", the lines before the last.

Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Rudyard Kipling

Power without responsibility: the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

Rudyard Kipling

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To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

William Shakespeare · Hamlet to Polonius.

Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.

Jonathan Swift

Style is the man himself.

Comte de Buffon · The source reads: “Ces choses sont hors de l'homme, le style est l'homme même. These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.”

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“He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.”

“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch.”

“Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool.”

“Power without responsibility: the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.”

“To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.”

“Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.”

“Style is the man himself.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch.

Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Power without responsibility: the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.

Style is the man himself.