Common Quote by George Dana Boardman Pepper

THE IGNORENT MAN MARVELS AT THE EXCEPTIONAL: THE WISE MANMARVELS AT YHE COMMON: THE GREATEST WONDER OF ALL IS THE REGULARITY OF NATURE

— Ritu Ghatourey

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.

— Henry David Thoreau

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.

— Paulo Coelho

The curse of the intelligent man is that he will always find himself surrounded by the ignorant. The measure of the intelligent man is…

— Derek R. Audette

That is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual; the wise man wonders at the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.

— Andre Gide

A wise man knows his ignorance; a fool thinks he knows everything.

— Anonymous

A wise man among the ignorant is like a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

— Green Monk

Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and…

— Anonymous

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

— Maimonides

“People look for greatness only in the extraordinary and completely overlook the wonder of the ordinary.”

— Ann Tatlock