September 16, 2009

Tell me [X] and I’ll tell you [Y]

QUOTE:

“Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are.”
       Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)
       French lawyer and gastronome
       The Physiology of Taste (1825)

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COUNTERQUOTE:

“Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.”
       John Ruskin (1819-1900)
       English art critic and author
       The Crown of Wild Olive (1866), Lecture 2 

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