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Samuel Johnson on Curiosity

1709–1784 England

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

The Rambler (1750)

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

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