Quotes about Familiarity

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“Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.”
— Ouida
VerifiedPrincess Napraxine (1884) · evidenceFamiliarity
“Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.”
VerifiedCharacteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823) · evidenceFamiliarity
“Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.”
Familiarity
“The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.”
Familiarity
“Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.”
VerifiedScience and the Modern World (1925) · evidenceFamiliarity