Aphra Behn quotes

Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, and novelist, recognized as one of the first professional female writers in English literature. Her groundbreaking work paved the way for women’s participation in literature and the arts. She played a crucial role in expanding the possibilities for women in the literary world. Here are 18 of her quotes:

Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret. (Aphra Behn)
Variety is the soul of pleasure. View quote
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Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. View quote
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There's no sinner like a young saint. View quote
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Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. View quote
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One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on. View quote
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. View quote
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Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow. View quote
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...that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library... View quote
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Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour! View quote
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Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more. (Aphra Behn)
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days. View quote
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Come away; poverty's catching. View quote
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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea. View quote
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He that knew all that ever Learning writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. View quote
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A poet is a painter in his way, he draws to the life, but in another kind; we draw the nobler part, the soul and the mind; the pictures of the pen shall outlast those of the pencil, and even worlds themselves. View quote
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Too much curiosity lost paradise. View quote
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Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir. View quote
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Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn - Image
Occupation: British Playwright
Born: July 10, 1640
Died: April 16, 1689
Quotes count: 18
Wikipedia: Aphra Behn

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