22 Familiarity Breeds Contempt Quotes

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Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. - Apuleius quote

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. β€” Apuleius

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance. β€” Roy Hattersley

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. β€” Mark Twain

Familiarity breeds contempt quote Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life
Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.

Familiarity breeds contempt. β€” Publilius Syrus

Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable. β€” Archibald Rutledge

If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust. β€” Lord Chesterfield

Familiarity breeds contempt quote Negativity breeds negativity. The wise focus on the positive
Negativity breeds negativity. The wise focus on the positive in every situation.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. β€” Charles De Gaulle

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything. β€” Noel Coward

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. β€” Simone Elkeles

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention. β€” George Santayana

But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself. β€” Apuleius

In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes. β€” Paul Lazarsfeld

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it. β€” Mark Twain

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. β€” William Hazlitt

My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt. β€” Chaka Khan

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt. β€” Florence King

Familiarity seems to breed contempt β€” Hunter S. Thompson

Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability. β€” J. William Galbraith

'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally. β€” Jon Crosby

I guess like any friendship, marriage, or whatever it is familiarity breeds more contempt, and more love. They're just more settled with each other now. β€” Martin Freeman

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt. β€” Stewart Udall

Familiarity breeds contempt. By bringing them in close, they realize that you’re just as human as they are. That’s when the madness sets in. They can’t understand why you have more than they do when you’re just a regular human being the same as them. Then they hate you for it. (Leta) β€” Sherrilyn Kenyon

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