“Wonder, indeed, is, on all hands, dying out: it is the sign of uncultivation to wonder.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1820s, Signs of the Times (1829)
“This is an evening of wonders, indeed!”
— Jane Austen, book Pride and Prejudice
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