Familiarity Quotes

210 quotes by 185 authors

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of… — Michel de Montaigne
I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt. — Miguel de Cervantes
An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man… — Joseph Addison
A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of… — Robertson Davies
The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity. — Joseph Joubert
Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life. — Julia Ward Howe
My philosophy is familiarity breeds contempt. — Chaka Khan
Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so… — Campbell Scott
Our politics and science have never mastered the fact that people need more than to understand their obligation to one another and to the earth;… — Wendell Berry
Today the greatest single deterrent to knowledge of Jesus is His familiarity. Because we think we know Him, we pass Him by. — Winifred Kirkland
The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling; preaching is personal counseling on a group basis; personal counseling originates in preaching.… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. — Charles de Gaulle
Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer. — Brian Greene
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. — William Hazlitt
Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So… — Steven Pinker
Admiration and familiarity are strangers. — George Sand
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. — Boris Spassky

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