Familiarity - Familiarity breeds contempt

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Familiarity - Familiarity breeds contempt

Postby dreams » Sat Nov 01, 2003 11:35 pm

Also: Fish and guests smell after three days

Proverbs 25:17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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Postby dreams » Sun Nov 02, 2003 12:31 am

"Truth begetteth hatred; vertue enuy, familiaritie cotempt."
G. Harvey, Works (1593)

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Postby dreams » Mon Nov 17, 2003 12:26 am

"If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt."
Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.

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Postby dreams » Mon Nov 17, 2003 12:26 am

"Familiarity breeds contempt."
Publius Syrus: Maxim 640


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