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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Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. – Jane Austen

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. – Jane Austen

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. – Jane Austen

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Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity. – Jos

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At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead. – Princess of Wales Diana

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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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Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. – Thomas J. Watson

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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. – Epictetus

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When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous – not just to some people in some circumstances – but to everyone all the time. – Thomas J. Watson

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