Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.
Meaning of the quote
Taste, or what we like and enjoy, isn't something that just happens. It's actually the result of trying many different things and figuring out what we don't like. The more experiences we have, the better we can understand and appreciate what we truly enjoy.
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