A taste is almost defined as a preference about which you do not argue - de gustibus non est disputandum. A taste about which you argue, with others or yourself, ceases ipso facto being a taste – it turns into a value. (Albert O. Hirschman)

A taste is almost defined as a preference about which you do not argue - de gustibus non est disputandum. A taste about which you argue, with others or yourself, ceases ipso facto being a taste – it turns into a value.

Albert O. Hirschman

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