Familiarity breeds contempt

I learned from my high school teacher about the famous proverb, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” The proverb is said to have originated from the old Greek fabulist Aesop in his work, “The Fox and the Lion,” and from the ancient Roman writer Lucius Apuleius’ quotation, “Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.” English writer Geoffrey Chaucer […]... Keep on reading: Familiarity breeds contempt