WordofTheHour#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness
- French: étonnement
- German: das Erstaunen
- Italian: stupore
- Portuguese: estupefação
- Spanish: anonadacion
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babydisambiguatorwe took the hound for a long urban ramble and he was ASTONISHED that we kept running into dogs that looked just like him
#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness
- French: étonnement
- German: das Erstaunen
- Italian: stupore
- Portuguese: estupefação
- Spanish: anonadacion
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WIST Quotations Has Moved!A quotation from Douglas Adams
Gordon Way’s astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing to his astonishment at what happened next.Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Dirk Gently, No. 1, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, ch. 7 (1987)
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Art,” Essays: First Series, No. 12
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#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness
- French: étonnement
- German: das Erstaunen
- Italian: stupore
- Portuguese: estupefação
- Spanish: anonadacion
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Wonder, indeed, is, on all hands, dying out: it is the sign of uncultivation to wonder.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1829-06), “Signs of the Times,” Edinburgh Review, Vol. 49, No. 98, Art. 7
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#astonishment : the condition of one who is stunned. hence: numbness
- French: étonnement
- German: das Erstaunen
- Italian: stupore
- Portuguese: estupefação
- Spanish: anonadacion
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WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Clarke, Arthur C.:
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The Universe appears to be a device contrived for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/72271/
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