Quotes about surprises

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.

— Jane Austen

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

— Josh Billings

Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.

— Julius Caesar

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

A man surprised is half beaten.

— Thomas Fuller

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

— Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

— Thomas Hardy

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

— Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

— Voltaire