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Quotations on Curiosity

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by John Locke
(August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704)

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, becaus ...

by Blaise Pascal
(June 19, 1623 - August 19, 1662)

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.

by William Lyon Phelps
(January 2, 1865 - July 21, 1943)

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

by Alexander Pope
(May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744)

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.

by Edmund Burke
(January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797)

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

by Albert Einstein
(March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

by Albert Einstein
(March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)

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, ...

by Albert Einstein
(March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)

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, ...

by Mark Twain
(November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910)

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 sa ...



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