Quote #52

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

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
  2. No man is much pleased with a companion, who does not increase, in some respect, his fondness for himself.
  3. There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
  4. No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
  5. It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
  6. Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
  7. Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, or captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable; no…
  8. No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

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