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“If you stop and confine yourself to one place, you will develop prejudices.”

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Guo Xiang, also known as Zi Xuan, was a renowned philosopher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Born in 252 and died in 312, he was one of the representative figures of the Taoist school. Guo Xiang's philosophical thoughts were based on the 'Zhuangzi', advocating for harmony with nature and the unity of the individual and the universe. His work, 'Commentary on Zhuangzi', has had a profound influence on later generations. more

“The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the thirst of the soul; it inflames and torments us, and makes us taste every thing with joy, however otherwise insipid, by which it may be quenched.”

May Soul Joy Pleasure Ignorance Taste Curiosity Instruction Thirst Torment Gratification Delighted Insipid Uneasiness

Book:The works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: with an essay on his life and genius

Source: The works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: with an essay on his life and genius

“Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief of some pressing uneasiness, or the attainment of some near advantage.”

May Littles Desire Found Class Mankind Advantage Curiosity Relief Attainment Uneasiness Lower Class

Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties. He who easily comprehends all that is before him, and soon exhausts any single subject, is always eager for new inquiries; and in proportion as the intellectual eye takes in a wider prospect, it must be gratified with variety, by more rapid flights and bolder excursions.”

Mind Firsts Eye Lasts Passion Subjects Intellectual Curiosity Flight Variety Generous Proportion Faculty Inquiry Rapids Contemplative Excursions

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay

“I have always meticulously storyboarded my films from beginning to end.”

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Author:Park Chan-wook

“Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.”

Wells Pain Desire Pleasure Produce Curiosity

Book:The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...

Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...

“I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only from the various essays of experimental industry, and the vague excursions of mind set upon discovery, that any advancement of knowledge can be expected; and though many must be disappointed in their labours, yet they are not to be charged with having spent their time in vain; their example contributed to inspire emulation, and their miscarriage taught others the way to success.”

Source: Select Essays

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