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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

419 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:419
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Familiarity breeds contempt.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 640. [back]