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Familiarity breeds contempt

Proverbs and old sayings British about contempt, old, olderness

Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about contempt, respect

Familiarity is like the sea that kills the fisherman.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

There is an excess of familiarity at the root of all hostility

Proverbs and old sayings Algerian about excess

No worst pestilence than a familiar enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings English about enemies

By the familiarity of the master the servant is spoilt.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Be as familiar with observation as you are with the place you live.

Proverbs and old sayings

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contempt

Nothing worse than a familiar enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about enemies, nothing

Over great familiarity genders despight.

Proverbs and old sayings

I heard the bells on Christmas day

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet the words repeat,
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

I thought how as the day had come,
The belfries of all...

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