Curiosity. — If there were no curiosity, little would be done for the good of one’s neighbor. But, under the name of Duty or Sympathy, Curiosity creeps into the house of the unfortunate and needy.–Perhaps even in the much celebrated maternal love is to be found a bit of Curiosity.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches § 363 (1878) in Werke in drei Bänden vol. 1, p. 638 (K. Schlechta ed. 1973)(S.H. transl.) http://harpers.org/archive/2009/03/hbc-90004613