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William Shakespeare quotesSweets grown common lose their dear delight.
Publilius Syrus quotesFamiliarity breeds contempt.
John Dryden quotesAll objects lose by too familiar a view.
Ralph Waldo Emerson quotesThe hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.
William Hazlitt quotesThough familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
Antoine Rivarol quotesFamiliarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the interests hatreds.