Quotation: On Curiosity and Its Opposite

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

— Samuel Johnson

Curiosity killed the cat.

— Proverb

"Hungry Stray Cat" Photo by Bing Han on Unsplash

Sources:

"curiosity killed the cat." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 2002. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2 May. 2020 https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/curiosity+killed+the+cat 

Johnson, Samuel, and Hill, George Birkbeck Norman. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Italy, Clarendon Press, 1888.

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