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

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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

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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,
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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,
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have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

by William Morris Found in: Taste Quotes,
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Taste Quotes,
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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,
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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,
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Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Taste Quotes,
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No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Taste Quotes,
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