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.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on read more

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

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.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

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.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.