“Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.”

— Apuleius

De Deo Socratis (On the God of Socrates), ch. 4; p. 355.
Variant: Familiarity breeds contempt, but concealment excites interest.

Parit enim conversatio contemptum; raritas conciliat admirationem.

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