Between good sense and good taste there is the same difference as between cause and effect.

Entre le bon sens et le bon goût il y a la différence de la cause à son effet.

Jean de La Bruyere

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De La Bruyere, Jean. "Des jugements [Of Judgement]." Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de Ce Siecle [The Characters or The Manners of the Age]. Paris: Chez Estienne Michallet, 1688.

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