November 2008 – Page 130 – Dictionary of Quotes

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others. Lucretius

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.TasteQuotations by Lucretius

Taste may change, but inclination never. Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Taste may change, but inclination never.TasteQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Taste cannot be controlled by law. Thomas Jefferson

Taste cannot be controlled by law.TasteQuotations by Thomas Jefferson

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic. Victor Hugo

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.TasteQuotations by Victor Hugo

Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination. William Hazlitt

Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.TasteQuotations by William Hazlitt

Taste is the feminine of genius. Lord Edward Fitzgerald

Taste is the feminine of genius.TasteQuotations by Lord Edward Fitzgerald

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation. Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.TasteQuotations by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind. Cyril Connolly

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind.TasteQuotations by Cyril Connolly

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Jean De La Bruyere

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.TasteQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere

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

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

A man’s palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. Napoleon Bonaparte

A man’s palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.TasteQuotations by Napoleon Bonaparte

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. Charles Baudelaire

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.TasteQuotations by Charles Baudelaire

Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I’ve always been a late bloomer. Sigourney Weaver

Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I’ve always been a late bloomer.TardinessQuotations by Sigourney Weaver

Better late than never. Latin Proverb

Better late than never.TardinessQuotations by Latin Proverb

People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. French Proverb

People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.TardinessQuotations by French Proverb

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments. Oscar Wilde

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.TalkativenessQuotations by Oscar Wilde

I don’t mind how much my ministers talk — as long as they do what I say. Margaret Thatcher

I don’t mind how much my ministers talk — as long as they do what I say.TalkativenessQuotations by Margaret Thatcher

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out. William Shakespeare

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.TalkativenessQuotations by William Shakespeare

The more you know the less you need to say. Jim Rohn

The more you know the less you need to say.TalkativenessQuotations by Jim Rohn

To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. English Proverb

To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.TalkativenessQuotations by English Proverb

They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think. Matthew Prior

They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.TalkativenessQuotations by Matthew Prior

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.TalkativenessQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man ever listened himself out of a job. Calvin Coolidge

No man ever listened himself out of a job.TalkativenessQuotations by Calvin Coolidge

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. Marcus T. Cicero

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.TalkativenessQuotations by Marcus T. Cicero

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation. Konstantin Stanislavisky

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.TalentQuotations by Konstantin Stanislavisky

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