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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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…

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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree…
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of…
Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is…
He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens…
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the…

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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. — Samuel Johnson
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It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's… — Laurence Housman
All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. — Thomas Hobbes

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