Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.

Quote by E M Forster

Topics: Curiosity Quotes

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the...

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humor.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.