A Quote by Francoise Sagan

curiosity is the beginning of wisdom.

Francoise Sagan

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Beginning Curiosity Wisdom

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Francoise Sagan
French - Novelist
June 21, 1935 - September 24, 2004

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

Francoise Sagan

Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.

Helen Rowland

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

Clarence Darrow

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

Clarence Darrow

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Theodore Isaac Rubin

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

John Bunyan

Fear of the Lord is not the beginning of wisdom. It is the beginning of insanity.

C. J. Anderson

I knew of no instruction manual for reaching a higher level of humanity and a greater wisdom. But I felt intuitively that laughter was the beginning of wisdom, as is was indispensable for survival.

Ingrid Betancourt

The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of propriety; and the feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.Men have these Four Beginnings just as they have their four limbs. Having these Four Beginnings, but saying that they cannot develop them is to destroy themselves.

Mencius

The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.

Paracelsus

Curiosity is a quest for wisdom on untamed grounds.

Wes Fesler

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Graham Greene

It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.

David Attenborough

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

Margaret Mitchell

Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity when it's expressed in children as a pathway to household disaster. They're simply exploring their environment, manifesting their curiosity. So what you need to do is create an environment where curiosity is rewarded rather than punished, or thwarted.