Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

Quote by Frank Moore Colby

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That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it...

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it...

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having...

We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having...

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to...

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to...

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental...

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental...

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good...

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good...

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the...

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the...

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what...

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what...

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man...

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

A new thinker is only one who does not know what the old thinkers have...

A new thinker is only one who does not know what the old thinkers have...

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than...

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than...

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without...

The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and...

The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and...

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts...

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts...

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll...

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll...

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.