The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All men by nature desire knowledge.
Men need knowledge in order to overpower their passions and master their prejudices.
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.
Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for an undivided mankind.
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.