FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

The proverb means that close acquaintance with

someone or something causes us to have contempt
for him or it. Servants usually respect their masters.
But if a master mingles too freely with his servants,
they will develop a sort of disrespect or contempt
for him.
. When we do something so many times, we may
become so familiar with it that we will be careless
about doing it. Sometimes this carelessness m ay
prove dangerous. This proverb is more applicable
to human relationships. A great artist who is our
neighbor and whom we know very closely may not
evoke so much respect in us as a less meritorious
artist who comes from a distant place does.
Respect, we see, is greater from a distance.