Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.

Source: G. M. Trevelyan, English Social History (1942)

Curiosity often leads to trouble.

Source: Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Don’t fear that in which you do not understand; be curious.

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Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.

Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

Source: Steven Alexander Wright, I Have A Pony (1985)

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.

Source: The origin of the modern variation is unknown. The earliest known printed reference to the actual phrase “Curiosity killed the cat” is in James Allan Mair’s 1873 compendium A handbook of proverbs: English, Scottish, Irish, American, Shakesperean, and scriptural; and family mottoes, where it is listed as an Irish proverb on page 34. Note: Read More…