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La Rochefoucauld 173: There are different kinds of curiosity: one springs from interest, which make...
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There are different kinds of curiosity: one springs from interest, which makes us desire to know everything that may be profitable to us; another from pride, which springs from a desire of knowing what others are ignorant of.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_173
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