Astonishment Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero Download Open image “In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astonishment Causes Events Extraordinary Ignorance Produce
There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Ignorance has its advantages. A universe of surprises is what I pray for!” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Things sacred should not only be touched with the hands, but unviolated in thought. [Lat., Res sacros non modo manibus attingi, sed ne cogitatione… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A lot of what I am looking for is a moment of astonishment, he says. Those moments of pure consciousness when you involuntarily inhale… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment. — William Macneile Dixon Copy Share Image
If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Witness each moment in astounded jubilation. Take every holy breath in gratitude. Rejoice in life!” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold indifference; but an inhabitant of the remoter parts of the kingdom is immediately distinguished by a kind of dissipated curiosity, a busy endeavour to divide his attention amongst a thousand objects, and a wild confusion… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share
For a moment Clary thought she might fall; she felt as if something essential had been torn away from her, an arm or a… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Both of you’ll just have to believe me. Emma’s one of those women who was born with… The thing is, the minute a heterosexual man looks at her, all he can think about is – well, her mouth, and – ” “Emma?” Torie’s own mouth gaped in astonishment. Patrick crossed his legs. “Maybe we’re not talking about the same person.… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I wake up, I wake to something worse. It’s the astonishment of being myself — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share
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