Maxioms Pet

X
  •   6  /  19  

    Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  17  /  20  

For each mouth, a different soup.

For each mouth, a different soup.

by Portuguese Proverb Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  6  /  17  

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

by Joshua Reynolds Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  44  

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

by Jean-jacques Rousseau Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  39  /  34  

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an read more

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  34  /  37  

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

by Christian Nestell Bovee Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  7  /  18  

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  7  /  34  

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

by Katherine F. Gerould Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  15  

I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to read more

I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  27  /  38  

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Taste Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet