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«Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity breeds contempt. According to this my soul mate should be in Thailand.»
«Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.»
«Here I am again. And the familiarity feels more uncomfortable than comfortable. It's time to make a change. And, now, I have what we need to make it.»
Author: Jan Denise
(Author, Columnist, Speaker)
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comfortable, familiarity, Here I Am, uncomfortable
«If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, absolutely lay aside all good breeding, their intimacy will soon degenerate into a coarse familiarity, infallibly productive of contempt or disgust.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
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aside, breeding, coarse, coarser, coarsest, degenerate, disgust, familiarity, infallibly, intimacy, lay aside, mistress, nights, productive
«Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
at most, compose, familiarity, fits, frequent, indiscriminate, jokes, merry, play a joke on, respectable, romp, sink
«Familiarity breeds contempt - and children»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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All My Children, breeds, children, contempt, familiarity
«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.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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Familiarity
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accurate, breeds, contempt, familiar, familiarity, familiars, familiar with, opportunity, respect, such, to get, Truth by Reason