Quote #52
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Publilius Syrus
- Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
- Necessity knows no law except to conquer.
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- We should provide in peace what we need in war
- Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
- It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
- Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
- Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.