de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum
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Pronunciation [edit]
- (Classical) IPA: /deː ˈɡus.ti.bus et koˈloː.ri.bus noːn ˌest dis.puˈtan.dum/, [— dis.puˈtan.dũ], X-SAMPA: /de: "gus.ti.bus et ko"lo:.ri.bus no:n %est dis.pu"tan.dum/, [— dis.pu"tan.du_~]
Proverb [edit]
dē gustibus et colōribus nōn est disputandum
- “Of tastes and colours there is nothing to be disputed.”; “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
- 1880, Der französische Wortton - T. Merkel
- 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
- 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.
- 1830, Charles Rogier (1800-1885) d'après des documents inédits, Volume 1 - Ernest Charles Joseph Discailles