Oliver Goldsmith Quote

Human curiosity, though at first slowly excited, being at last possessed of leisure for indulging its propensity, becomes one of the greatest amusements of life, and gives higher satisfactions than what even the senses can afford.


A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (Volume 1), Chapter I (p. 9)


Human curiosity, though at first slowly excited, being at last possessed of leisure for indulging its propensity, becomes one of the greatest...

Human curiosity, though at first slowly excited, being at last possessed of leisure for indulging its propensity, becomes one of the greatest...

Human curiosity, though at first slowly excited, being at last possessed of leisure for indulging its propensity, becomes one of the greatest...

Human curiosity, though at first slowly excited, being at last possessed of leisure for indulging its propensity, becomes one of the greatest...