New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Throughout history, thinkers have argued that curiosity and inquiry reveal more about a person than the knowledge they display. The way someone frames a question often exposes their intellect, humility and perspective far more than rehearsed or memorised answers ever could.

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." - Pierre-Marc-Gaston

This line comes from Pierre-Marc-Gaston's Maximes et reflexions sur differents sujets de morale et de politique (Paris, 1808).

The French politician, aphorist and soldier originally wrote: "Il est encore plus facile de juger de l'esprit d'un homme par ses questions que par ses reponses." A common English rendering is: "It is easier to judge the mind of a man by his ...