Taste

Taste

Taste, gustatory perception, or gustation is one of the five traditional senses. Taste is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with receptors of taste buds.

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Famous quotes containing the word taste:

    “Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.”
    —Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801)

    “In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete; being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry. The rest might wait. The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and the spring, when her own taste could have fairer play.”
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    “The taste is in my mouth a little; and this, no doubt, disqualifies me, to some extent, to form correct opinions.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)