Wonder
That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.
To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.
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Wonder Quotations
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Albert Einstein
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Albert Einstein
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Mark Twain
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan
There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.
Ronald Reagan
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Khalil Gibran
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
C. S. Lewis
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
From wonder into wonder existence opens.
Lao Tzu
Wonder Translations
wonder in Afrikaans is verbaas hom
wonder in Danish is undre sig
wonder in Dutch is zich verbazen, zich verwonderen
wonder in German is Verwunderung, Wunder
wonder in Latin is miror, admiratio
wonder in Portuguese is maravilha
wonder in Spanish is maravilla, preguntar
wonder in Swedish is under, undra, underverk
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