“The Secretary, working in the Dismal Swamp betimes next morning, was informed that a youth waited in the hall who gave the name of Sloppy. The footman who communicated this intelligence made a decent pause before uttering the name, to express that it was forced on his reluctance by the youth in question, and that if the youth had had the good sense and good taste to inherit some other name it would have spared the feelings of him the bearer.” IfsMadeFeelingsFunnyNextNamesMorningYouthTasteHumorousDecentHallsSecretaryPausesGood SenseGood TasteSwampsSloppyReluctance Book:Our Mutual Friend Source: Our Mutual Friend
“Pedants make a great rout about criticism, as if it were a science of great depth, and required much pains and knowledge--criticism however is only the result of good sense, taste and judgment--three qualities that indeed seldom are found together, and extremely seldom in a pedant, which most critics are.” IfsPainTogetherThreeFoundResultsQualityTasteJudgmentCriticismCriticsDepthGood SensePedantsPedantryTaste And Judgment Author:Horace Walpole
“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.” LiteratureDesignGeniusTastePreservesFollySublimeGood SenseBad Taste Author:Alexander Pope
“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.” LyingCausesDifferencesEffectsTasteGood SenseGood Taste Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down, they need not be sitting still. Something of this restlessness in the race may really be involved in the matter; but I think the deeper significance of the rocking-chair may still be found in the deeper symbolism of the rocking-horse. I think there is behind all this fresh and facile use of wood a certain spirit that is childish in the good sense of the word; something that is innocent, and easily pleased.” ThinkingNeedsMayStillsMatterUseMightSpiritCertainFoundRaceBehindsInvolvedTasteSittingHorseCriticsDeeperWoodsInnocentChairsSignificanceSelectGood SenseSymbolismRestlessnessSitting DownSitting StillRocking ChairsFlippantRocking Horses Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton