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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.
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 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
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
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.
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.
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. ne great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits read more
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. ne great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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.