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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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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. – Jane Austen

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We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. – 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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Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity. – Jos

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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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