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 disputandum est''''' is a [[Latin]] [[Maxim (saying)|maxim]]. It means “one must not dispute about tastes.” (literally, "tastes are not disputable", or even more so, "There will not be a disputing of tastes.") The implication is that opinions about matters of taste are not objectively right or wrong, and hence that disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved. |
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| + | This phrase is famously misquoted in Act I of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s play ''[[The Seagull]]''. The character Shamrayev conflates it with the phrase [[de mortuis nil nisi bonum]] (in the alternate form: ''de mortuis, aut bene aut nihil'' – "of the dead, either [speak] good or [say] nothing"), resulting in "de gustibus aut bene, aut nihil", "Let nothing be said of taste but what is good". | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[List of Latin phrases]] | ||
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De gustibus non disputandum est is a Latin maxim. It means “one must not dispute about tastes.” (literally, "tastes are not disputable", or even more so, "There will not be a disputing of tastes.") The implication is that opinions about matters of taste are not objectively right or wrong, and hence that disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.
This phrase is famously misquoted in Act I of Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull. The character Shamrayev conflates it with the phrase de mortuis nil nisi bonum (in the alternate form: de mortuis, aut bene aut nihil – "of the dead, either [speak] good or [say] nothing"), resulting in "de gustibus aut bene, aut nihil", "Let nothing be said of taste but what is good".
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