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Quote by Clarence Day
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. – Clarence Day

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We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. – Clarence Day

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A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. – Clarence Day

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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. – Clarence Day

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Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. – Francis Beaumont

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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. – Franklin P. Adams

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There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninterested people. – G. K. Chesterton

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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – George Eliot

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