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Curiosity Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious…
- A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.
- The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the…
- Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief…
- Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative…
- Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.
- I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only…
- But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite…
- Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold…
- Curiosity is the thirst of the soul.
- Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.
- The specualtist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity; and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows…
- Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
- Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to…
- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
More Curiosity Quotes
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is… — Russell Baker
- Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.… — Albert Einstein
- An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough
- Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way. — Hosea Ballou
- I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on… — Franklin P. Adams
- What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not… — Bruce Barton
- Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies… — Joseph Addison