https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:09:29 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/79944/ https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/79944/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:32:34 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=79944 That familiarity produces neglect, has been long observed. The effect of all external objects, however great or splendid, ceases with their novelty; the courtier stands without emotion in the royal presence; the rustick tramples under his foot the beauties of the spring with little attention to their colours or their fragrance; and the inhabitant of the coast darts his eye upon the immense diffusion of waters, without awe, wonder, or terrour.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-06-26), The Adventurer, No. 67
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Ouida (1839–1908) English novelist [pseud. of Maria Louise Ramé]
Friendship, ch. 11 (1878)
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Often attributed to Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950).

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