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

Life is full of surprises.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.

When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.

Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

When the narrator says, 'This is a story without surprises,' most of the time, this is not what happens.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.