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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| 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] |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. Familiarity breeds contempt.—Publius Syrus: Maxim 640. [back] |
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