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Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but

Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling. – Blaise Pascal, Pensées

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Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand. – Bible

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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein

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Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it. – Sudie Back

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It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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