"Curiosity is the thirst of the soul." — Samuel Johnson

"Curiosity is the thirst of the soul."

— Samuel Johnson

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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…

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An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but… — David Attenborough
Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity,… — Russell Baker
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… — Franklin P. Adams
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who… — Bruce Barton
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable… — Joseph Addison
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. — Martha Beck
In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop. — Robert Benchley
Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they… — Isaiah Berlin
Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed… — Ambrose Bierce
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic… — Andrea Bocelli
The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity. — Edmund Burke

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