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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
Approximate author period: c. 1766 AD · early modern
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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1766 AD · early modern
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