Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

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Curie worked in an era that scrutinised her private life relentlessly, particularly after her widowhood and the press campaign that followed her relationship with Paul Langevin. Read against that background, the line is as much a defence as an aphorism.

It also states a working preference. Curiosity about people tends to circle personalities and reputations; curiosity about ideas compounds into knowledge. One produces gossip, the other produces discovery — and only the second survives the people involved.