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Taste Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost.
- Only He who really lived a human life (and I presume that only one did) can fully taste the horror of death.
- It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking…
- For Christianity is a fighting religion. It thinks God has made the world- that space and time, heat and cold, and all the colors and…
- We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our…
- When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These…
- This is our dilemma--either to taste and not to know or to know and not to taste--or, more strictly, to lack one kind of knowledge…
- And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling…the question should…
- A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only…
- Something of God... flows into us from the blue of the sky, the taste of honey, the delicious embrace of water whether cold or hot,…
- And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we…
- ...here also forgiving does not mean excusing. Many people seem to think it does. They think that if you ask them to forgive someone who…
- Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences…
- In my experience, it is Affection that creates this taste, teaching us first to notice, then to endure, then to smile at, then to enjoy,…
- Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even…
- When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing.
More Taste Quotes
- Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. — Jane Austen
- Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of… — Sai Baba
- Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. — Henry Adams
- I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a little bummed… — Drew Barrymore
- Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and… — Gina Barreca
- When you taste things in the right order, sometimes they taste so much different than if you taste them out of order.… — Mario Batali
- Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste. — Charles Baudelaire
- What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. — Charles Baudelaire
- I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats,… — Kristen Bell
- I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions… — A. C. Benson
- In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English.… — Gael Garcia Bernal