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“Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me, and drink as I.”

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William Oldys, born on July 14, 1696, and died on April 15, 1761, was an English scholar and editor known for his contributions to literary works. His career category is currently unknown. more

“... indeed, what reason may not go to school to the wisdom of bees, ants, and spiders? What wise hand teacheth them to do what reason cannot teach us? Ruder heads stand amazed at those prodigious pieces of nature, whales, elephants, dromedaries, and camels; these, I confess, are the colossuses and majestick pieces of her hand; but in these narrow engines there is more curious mathematieks; and the civility of these little Citizens more neatly sets forth the wisdom of their Maker.”

May Littles Doe Reason Hands Nature Teach Pieces Wise Citizens Curiosity Curious Makers Engines Bees Amazed Elephants Spiders Ants Whales Camels Prodigious Colossus

Author:Thomas Browne

“I now want to tell three stories about advances in twentieth-century physics. A curious fact emerges in these tales: time and again physicists have been guided by their sense of beauty not only in developing new theories but even in judging the validity of physical theories once they are developed. Simplicity is part of what I mean by beauty, but it is a simplicity of ideas, not simplicity of a mechanical sort that can be measured by counting equations or symbols.”

“As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.”

Fun Grew Red Curiosity Curious Amazed Furious Mirth Merriment

Author:Robert Burns

“The curious crime, the fine Felicity and flower of wickedness.”

Crime Flower Fine Curiosity Curious Wickedness Felicity

Book:The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

“We're different, we're the same. You thought you'd never find a word to say to a woman who didn't fly airplanes. I couldn't imagine myself spending time with a man who didn't love music. Could it be it's not as important to be alike as it is to be curious? Because we're different, we can have the fun of exchanging worlds, giving our loves and excitements to each other. You can learn music, I can learn flying. And that's only the beginning. I think it would go on for us as long as we live.”

“Oh, the world's a curious compound, with its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses, but a good world after all. And a good God must have made it-leastways, that is what I say, When a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort of way.”

World Way Made Hands Care Crosses Curiosity Shoulders Bitter Curious Made It Friendly Honey Compounds Good God

Author:James Whitcomb Riley

“At last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's, like the editions of Baalbec and Palmyra.”

Giving Lasts England Curiosity Ruins Curious Description Traveller Peru

Author:Horace Walpole

“I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.”

Believe I Can Religion Belief Curiosity Curious Collectors

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance for the ambiguity that surrounds so many important issues, and a willingness to make the best decisions he can in the face of uncertainty and doubt".”

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