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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.
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his read more
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious read more
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
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.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.