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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
Approximate author period: c. 1642 AD · renaissance
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- Blaise Pascal
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- Approximate author period: c. 1642 AD · renaissance
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