The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than co…

Samuel Johnson
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The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction. Curiosity is the thirst of the soul; it inflames and torments us, and makes us taste every thing with joy, however otherwise insipid, by which it may be quenched. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1836). The works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: with an essay on his life and genius, p.163
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