Certain Quote by Owen Barfield

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

— Evan Esar

Man is what he reads.

— Joseph Brodsky

And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The history of a man is in his character.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice,…

— Napoleon Hill

The thinker as reader reads what has been written. He wears the words he reads to look upon Within his being.

— Wallace Stevens

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

— Menander

You can make some inferences about a man's character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.

— Richard Dawkins

A man is known by the books he reads.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

— Mark Twain