Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Quote by Richard Whately

Topics: Curiosity Quotes

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single...

Happiness is no laughing matter

Happiness is no laughing matter

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there...

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...

I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to...

I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.