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Familiarity breeds attempt
Familiarity breeds attempt
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk without loss of esteem
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so read more
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
All objects lose by too familiar a view.