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Surprise Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that "offensive" is frequently but a synonym…
- What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being.
- Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one.
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- The secret to humor is surprise. — Aristotle
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- Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. — Jane Austen
- A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. — Francis Bacon
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- There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. — Josh Billings
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