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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You cant sweep other people off their feet, if you cant be swept off your own. – Clarence Day

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Wisdom
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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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Nature
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Curiosity
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Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance? – Frank Moore Colby

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Curiosity

Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life. – Robertson Davies

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Curiosity

Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. – Alistair Cooke

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Curiosity

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

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Curiosity

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