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Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

Jean de la Bruyere
Familiar, Great Things, Customs
"The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe,Volume II, Chapter I. On Judgments, 1688.
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.