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People care more about being thought to have taste than about bein

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. – Samuel Butler

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us. – Samuel Butler

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A mans palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Bad taste is a species of bad morals. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. – Jean Cocteau

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