A Quote by William Hazlitt
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
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Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.
Familiarity seems to breed contempt
Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.
In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.
Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.
I like familiarity. In me it does not bring contempt-only more familiarity.
It is certainly a wonderful, a brain-staggering conception... that our own stellar universe may be but one of hundreds of thousands of similar universes... Familiarity with these mighty concepts most certainly does not breed contempt, does not dull our awe at the mightiness of the universe in which we play so small a part. It is very doubtful if any of those who are seriously studying the heavens ever lose their feeling of reverence for this supremely wonderful universe and for Whoever or Whatever must be behind it all.
I think many times in relationships as it escalates to marriage, what it takes to breed a marriage, is the same thing that it takes to breed a career.
Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt.
Admiration and familiarity are strangers.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt.
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case, quite frankly, presumed familiarity has led to unfamiliarity, unfamiliarity has led to contempt, and contempt has led to profound ignorance.
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