Quote by Edmund Burke
Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost ever

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures. – Edmund Burke

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In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. – Edmund Burke

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There are no foolish questions, and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions. – Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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

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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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A man should go on living — if only to satisfy his curiosity. – Yiddish Proverb

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Tis not to see the world
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