Blaise Pascal quote: 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.

~ Blaise Pascal ~

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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

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