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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.
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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
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Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.
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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.
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A man surprised is half beaten.
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Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.
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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
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