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Elbert HubbardIf men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Samuel JohnsonThe two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Gore VidalSoutherners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family.

—  Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer

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Michel de MontaigneFew men have been admired by their own domestics.

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

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Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery hero becomes a bore at last.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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John DrydenAll objects lose by too familiar a view.

—  John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet

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Oliver W. Holmes Sr.Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Charles BukowskiOf course it’s possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Kin HubbardThe fellow that calls you “brother” usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Antoine RivarolFamiliarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the deepest hatreds.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

Honoré de BalzacMarriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: routine.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Honoré de BalzacA woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Jean RostandA really great writer is one who surprises us by writing something we have always known.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

Jean de La BruyèreWomen become attached to men by the intimacies they grant them; men are cured of their love by the same intimacies.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Jean de La BruyèreTrue greatness is free, kind, familiar and popular; it lets itself be touched and handled, it loses nothing by being seen at close quarters; the better one knows it, the more one admires it.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Noel CowardThere isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

Noel CowardFamiliarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

W.H. AudenThe eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Marty RubinIt is dependency, not familiarity, that breeds contempt.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Robert M. PirsigFamiliarity can blind too.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

Francis Scott FitzgeraldThey slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

Bible Quotes

Gospel of LukeNo prophet is accepted in his hometown.

—  Gospel of Luke ‐ 4:24

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Proverbs

English proverbBetter the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

—  English proverb

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English proverbFamiliarity breeds contempt.

—  English proverb

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French proverbLet us get back to our sheep.

Revenons à nos moutons.

—  French proverb

     (to what we were doing before)

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