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A shocking
occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily.
-- Alexander Chase
All objects
lose by too familiar a view.
-- John Dryden
1631-1700, British Poet,
Dramatist, Critic
The hues of
the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if
the eye is too near.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet,
Essayist
Though
familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of
admiration.
-- William Hazlitt
1778-1830, British Essayist
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Nothing is
wonderful when you get used to it.
-- Edgar Watson Howe
1853-1937, American
Journalist, Author
Familiarity is
a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
-- Ouida
1838-1908, British Writer
Familiarity is
the root of the closest friendships, as well as the
interests hatreds.
-- Antoine Rivarol
1753-1801, French Journalist,
Epigrammatist
Sweets grown
common lose their dear delight.
-- William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet,
Playwright, Actor
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