“The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo.” AnimalWonderStudentsDevelopmentOffersMiraclePlantWorthyOperationsAdmirationEmbryosInspection Book:Collected essays Source: Collected essays
“Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop at them; But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in Wonder to wait on treason and on murder; And whatsoever cunning fiend it was That wrought upon thee so preposterously Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.” TwoTogetherPurposeCausesWaitingVoiceNaturalWonderHellDevilMurderExcellenceTheeProportionAdmirationCunningTraitorTreasonYoke Book:King Henry V: Third Series Source: King Henry V: Third Series
“Why is it, I wonder, that anyone who displays superior athletic ability is an object of admiration to his classmates, while one who displays superior mental ability is an object of hatred?” AbilityWonderObjectsHatredSuperiorsAdmirationDisplayAthleticClassmatesAthletic Ability Book:I, Asimov: A Memoir Source: I, Asimov: A Memoir
“The whole difference between a man of genius and other men, it has been said a thousand times, and most truly, is that the first remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual wonder, not conscious of much knowledge--conscious, rather of infinite ignorance, and yet infinite power; a fountain of eternal admiration, delight, and creative force within him meeting the ocean of visible and governable things around him.” MenFirstsChildrenHas BeensSaidWholeEyeForceDifferencesWonderCreativeSeeingIgnoranceGeniusThousandOceanEternalConsciousInfiniteRemainsMeetingsDelightVisibleAdmirationPerpetualFountainInfinite PowerEyes Of A Child Book:The Stones of Venice Source: The Stones of Venice
“Many of the cemeteries are beautiful, and are kept in perfect order. When one goes from the levee or the business streets [of New Orleans] to it, to a cemetery, he observes to himself that if those people down there would live as neatly while they are alive as they do after they are dead, they would find many advantages in it; and besides, their quarter would be the wonder and admiration of the business world.” PeopleIfsWorldWould BeBeautifulOrderPerfectWonderAliveStreetsAdvantageAdmirationQuartersNew OrleansCemeteryBusiness WorldLevees Author:Mark Twain