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Adam Smith1 quote
Wonder... And not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature. — Adam Smith · 1790Albert Einstein1 quote
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. — Albert Einstein · 1930Mark Twain1 quote
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. — Mark Twain · 1880Socrates1 quote
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. — Socrates · 400 BC