“Familiarity breeds kontempt.”
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Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)
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“In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt: it breeds votes.”
Paul Lazarsfeld (1901–1976) American sociologist
Paul Lazarsfeld, cited in: The English Digest; Vol. 57, 1958, p. 34
“Familiarity breeds complacency.”
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
Aesop book The Fox and the Lion
The Fox and the Lion.
Variant: Acquaintance softens prejudices.
“Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain's Notebook (1935)
“Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.”
Maureen Johnson book Let It Snow
Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
“5263. Too much Familiarity breeds Contempt.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.”
Parit enim conversatio contemptum; raritas conciliat admirationem.
Apuleius (125–170) Berber prose writer in Latin
De Deo Socratis (On the God of Socrates), ch. 4; p. 355.
Variant: Familiarity breeds contempt, but concealment excites interest.