Quotes about familiarity

"A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily."

Chase, Alexander on familiarity
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"All objects lose by too familiar a view."

Dryden, John on familiarity   

"The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on familiarity
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"Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration."

Hazlitt, William on familiarity   

"Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it."

Howe, Edgar Watson on familiarity   

"Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness."

Ouida on familiarity   

"Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds."

Rivarol, Antoine on familiarity   

"Sweets grown common lose their dear delight."

Shakespeare, William on familiarity
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"Familiar acts are beautiful through love."

Shelley, Percy Bysshe on familiarity   

"Familiarity breeds contempt."

Syrus, Publilius on familiarity
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"Familiarity breeds contempt; and children."

Twain, Mark on familiarity
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"Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious."

Whitehead, Alfred North on familiarity
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