Distinction Quote by William Hazlitt

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

— William Hazlitt

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

— Samuel Richardson

Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.

— E. B. White

Familiarity breeds contentment.

— George Ade

If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced. Prejudgments become prejudices only…

— Gordon Allport

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

— Apuleius

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

— Voltaire

Familiarity gives rise to contempt.

— Aesop

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.

— Mark Twain

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

— George Santayana

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

— Aesop

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

— George Bancroft