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

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.

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

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones read more

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

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.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

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.

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.