An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SURPRISE
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.
Jane Austen (1775-1817, British novelist)
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
Josh Billings (1815-1885, American humorist, lecturer)
Which death is preferably to every other? "The unexpected".
Julius Caesar (101-44 BC, Roman emperor)
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886, American poet)
A man surprised is half beaten.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.
Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955, Spanish essayist, philosopher)
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
Edgar Watson Howe (1853-1937, American journalist, author)
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
We should only be astonished at still being able to be astonished.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
A dreamer... is a mind that looks over the edges of things.
Mary O'Hara
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-, British-born American actress)
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Life is either always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937, American author)
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