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

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Things
Considerable
Surprises
Jane
Foolish
Surprise
Inspiring
Pleasure
Enhanced
Often
Inconvenience

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