18 Quotes & Sayings By Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn (c. 1640 – c. 1689) was an English dramatist, poet, translator and novelist. Born in London to a wealthy barber-surgeon father, who also served as a deputy to the city council, she began her career as a writer of masques and plays for the theatre Read more

At the age of twenty-four she moved to the Netherlands where she worked as an actress and playwright, eventually settling in Portugal from 1666 until her death.

The only shame is the sin.
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The only shame is the sin. Aphra Behn
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That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. Aphra Behn
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Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. Aphra Behn
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And did with sighs their fate deplore, Since I must shelter them no more; And if before my joys were such, In having heard, and seen too much, My grief must be as great and high, When all abandoned I shall be, Doomed to a silent destiny. Aphra Behn
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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea. Aphra Behn
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Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am resolved to follow where you lead. Aphra Behn
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Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint. Aphra Behn
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Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret. Aphra Behn
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Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn
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There is no sinner like a young saint. Aphra Behn
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Each moment of a happy love's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn
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You may make love in dancing as well as sitting. Aphra Behn
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Variety is the soul of pleasure. Aphra Behn
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Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn
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He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet. Aphra Behn
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. Aphra Behn
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Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow. Aphra Behn