Echos of some things we used to say when we sat in a circle in the various classrooms at the Honors House, just across the street from community college.
“Curiosity killed the cat,
Satisfaction brought it back.”
“Cats have nine lives.”
“Stay curious.”
First read it in a book of Nursery Rhymes – Old Mother Goose, possibly? A copy of which is most likely still on the bookshelf, back at the house.