“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
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“In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt: it breeds votes.”
Paul Lazarsfeld, cited in: The English Digest; Vol. 57, 1958, p. 34
“Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”
Mark Twain's Notebook (1935)
“5263. Too much Familiarity breeds Contempt.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.”
Parit enim conversatio contemptum; raritas conciliat admirationem.
De Deo Socratis (On the God of Socrates), ch. 4; p. 355.
Variant: Familiarity breeds contempt, but concealment excites interest.
“They say familiarity breeds contempt but I hardly know you.”
Attributed quotes
“Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.”
No. 2
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Familiarity breeds complacency.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“Familiarity breeds kontempt.”
This only applies tew men, not tew hot bukwheat slapkakes, well buttered and sugared.
Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)