One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ✨ Conversations with Eckermann. Book by Johann Peter Eckermann and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, February 26, 1824.
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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ✨ Conversations with Eckermann. Book by Johann Peter Eckermann and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, February 26, 1824.

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