“I want to see what is there in the heart! Natural curiosity!”
Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959) Nepali poet
साधुको माहात्म्य
“Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.”
— Victor Hugo, book Les Misérables
The quote "Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour." is famous quote by Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
Source: Les Misérables
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“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.”
Leo Rosten (1908–1997) American writer
“Damned meddlers. It’s hard to know when their curiosity is official and when it’s just curiosity.”
Jack Vance book The Five Gold Bands
Source: The Five Gold Bands (1950), Chapter 6 (p. 65)
“Research is formalized curiosity.”
Zora Neale Hurston book Dust Tracks on a Road
It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.
Source: Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), Ch. 10 : Research, p. 143.