
“Wonder, indeed, is, on all hands, dying out: it is the sign of uncultivation to wonder.”
1820s, Signs of the Times (1829)
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“Wonder, indeed, is, on all hands, dying out: it is the sign of uncultivation to wonder.”
1820s, Signs of the Times (1829)
“And indeed there will be time to wonder, 'Do I dare?', and 'Do I dare?”
“I don't know how it is… but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.”
Source: The Masqueraders
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.”
Source: It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It
The Law of Mind (1892)
Source: The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997), Chapter 10, “Lifetimes of Chance” (p. 199)