Home » Quote » Confucius » „A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.“ „A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.“ — Confucius Related quotes „In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.“ — Aristotle „Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.“ — Albert Einstein „If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson „Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.“ — Frédéric Chopin