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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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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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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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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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A man surprised is half beaten. – Thomas Fuller

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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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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. – David Hume

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The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morning—first fallen flake of the coming snows of age—is a disagreeable thing…. – Alexander Smith, “An Essay on an Old Subject”

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Do not nurse a kid who wears braces. – Author Unknown, “Nursing Mother Principle”

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There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. – Barack Obama

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