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Aphra Behn
15 quotes
“No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1677 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rover, Part I, Act I, sc. ii (1677).
“There's no sinner like a young saint.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1679 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Feigned Courtesans, Act III, sc. i (1679).
“Variety is the soul of pleasure.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1681 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rover, Part II, Act I (1681).
“Come away; poverty's catching.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1682 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Roundheads (1682).
“Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1686 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lucky Chance, Act IV (1686).
“Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1686 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lover's Watch, "Four o'Clock General Conversation" (1686).
“Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1687 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Emperor of the Moon, Act I, sc. i (1687).
“He that knew all that ever Learning writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1688 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The History of Agnes de Castro, or the Force of Generous Love (1688).
“…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) first seen 1689 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Lucky Mistake (1689).
“Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.”
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Younger Brother, Act III, sc. ii (published posthumously 1696).