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“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” Eleanor Roosevelt, “The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” - 1961

“The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” Oscar Wilde, “The Soul of Man under Socialism” - 1891

“You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.” Ayn Rand, “Anthem” - 1938

“it is far better to know something about everything than to know all about one thing.” Blaise Pascal, “Pensées” - 1670

“All places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; there is no virtue like necessity.” William Shakespeare, “Richard II” - 1595

“When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's...” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“If I weren't out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I'm not curious about.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.” Anatole France, “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard” - 1881

“I am afraid our eyes are bigger than our bellies, and that we have more curiosity than capacity; for we grasp at all, but catch nothing but wind.” Michel de Montaigne, “The Essays of Michel de Montaigne” - 1580

“Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.” Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451” - 1953

“She belonged to that one of the two divisions of the human race in which the untiring curiosity which the other half feels about the people whom it does not know is replaced by an unfailing interest in the people whom it does.” Marcel Proust, “Swann's Way” - 1913

“why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what’s on the other side?” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.” John Steinbeck, “The Winter of Our Discontent” - 1961

“Glory and curiosity are the scourges of the soul; the last prompts us to thrust our noses into everything, the other forbids us to leave anything doubtful and undecided.” Michel de Montaigne, “The Essays of Michel de Montaigne” - 1580

“For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Fellowship of the Ring” - 1954

“The power men possess to annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” - 1841

“You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

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