de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum

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gustibus et colōribus nōn est disputandum

  1. Alternative form of dē gustibus nōn est disputandum (there's no accounting for taste)
    • 1830, Charles Rogier (1800–1885) d'après des documents inédits, Volume 1 - Ernest Charles Joseph Discailles
      ...extraordinaire le courage qu'il a eu de lire cinq fois Ducis — De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum (in Latin)
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    • 1880, T. Merkel, Der französische Wortton (in English):
      Every one must judge for himself, when it is a matter of taste or appreciation: de gustibus et coloribus non disputandum; the same may be said of accent.
    • 1882, Monthly notes of the Library Association of the United Kingdom (in English):
      De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum — certainly not with a lady. We shall be glad to know, however, if the opinion of our fair and candid correspondent is generally shared. - Ed.

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