Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves,...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to...

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to...

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.