Aşinalık ırkları hor görür.
- Familiarity breeds contempt.
Bir taraftan o herkese naziktir fakat diğer taraftan çok fazla içtenlikle davranmaz.
- On the one hand he is kind to everyone, but on the other hand he never behaves with too much familiarity.
Murrel did not in the least object to being called a monkey, yet he always felt a slight distaste when Julian Archer called him one. It had to do with a fine shade between familiarity and intimacy which men like Murrel are never ready to disregard, however ready they may be to black their faces.
This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.