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Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing read more
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so read more
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be read more
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the read more
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea read more
Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.
