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Oscar WildeThe public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Dorothy ParkerThe cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

—  Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic

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Blaise PascalCuriosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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Anton ChekhovI observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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Karl KrausChristianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and the dessert of remorse.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Victor HugoCuriosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Vladimir NabokovCuriosity is insubordination in its purest form.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Albert EinsteinI have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Oscar WildeMy own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people’s.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Samuel JohnsonCuriosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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George Bernard ShawFirst love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Karl KrausPsychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor who just wanted to see what it was like in there.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Walt WhitmanBe curious, not judgmental.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Eleanor RooseveltI think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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Francis Scott FitzgeraldI wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

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Thomas HobbesCuriosity is the lust of the mind.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

Joseph JoubertChildren always want to look behind mirrors.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Graham GreeneMorality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Robert Louis StevensonCuriosity and timidity fought a long battle in his heart.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Henry MillerMy hunger and curiosity drive me forward in all directions at once.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

James BarrieDo you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

Jules VerneWherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important.

—  Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer

Quotes in Verse

Alfred TennysonCome friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Proverbs

English proverbCuriosity killed the cat.

—  English proverb

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