"True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit." — Ben Jonson

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• Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams
• In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. — William Bernbach
• The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. — William Blake
• He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. — William Blake
• Familiarity breeds contempt. — Aesop
• Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter,… — Bono
• Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;… — Louis D. Brandeis
• Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. — Dale Carnegie
• Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. — Miguel de Cervantes
• Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so… — George Chapman
• Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period. — Felicity Kendal
• Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. — Abdul Kalam

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