De gustibus non est disputandum
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- | '''De gustibus non est disputandum''' ("there is not to be discussion regarding [[taste]]s", less literally "In matters of taste there is no dispute" or simply "There's no arguing taste". A similar expression in English is "There's no accounting for taste". Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, without attribution, renders the phrase as ''de gustibus non disputandum''; the verb "to be" is often assumed in Latin, and is rarely required. | + | '''De gustibus non est disputandum''' ("there is not to be discussion regarding [[taste]]s", less literally "In matters of taste there is no dispute" or simply "There's no arguing taste". A similar expression in English is "There's no accounting for taste". [[Bartlett's Familiar Quotations]], without attribution, renders the phrase as ''de gustibus non disputandum''; the verb "to be" is often assumed in Latin, and is rarely required. |
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De gustibus non est disputandum ("there is not to be discussion regarding tastes", less literally "In matters of taste there is no dispute" or simply "There's no arguing taste". A similar expression in English is "There's no accounting for taste". Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, without attribution, renders the phrase as de gustibus non disputandum; the verb "to be" is often assumed in Latin, and is rarely required.
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