“I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Unplaced as yet by chapter, Ch. 6.
“Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.”
— Nicholas Sparks, book The Lucky One
Source: The Lucky One
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