Idle Curiosity Quotes
- Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
- What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which… — Lucy Larcom
- People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. — Leo Rosten