Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth.
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.
Industriousness and conscientiousness are often at odds, because industriousness wants to pick the still sour fruit from the tree,while conscientiousness lets it hang there too long, until it falls and bruises.