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Quote by Jane Austen
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. – Jane Austen

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

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It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation. – Jane Austen

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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A man surprised is half beaten. – Thomas Fuller

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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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