12 quotes about Familiarity

A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily.

Chase, Alexander

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Dryden, John

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Hazlitt, William

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

Howe, Edgar Watson

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

Ouida

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.

Rivarol, Antoine

Sweets grown common lose their dear delight.

Shakespeare, William

Familiar acts are beautiful through love.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Syrus, Publilius

Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.

Twain, Mark

Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Whitehead, Alfred North