Aphra Behn
Dramatist
1640-12-14 – 1689-04-16
English playwright, poet, and prose writer recognized as one of the first English women to earn a living by writing. Her works include The Rover and Oroonoko, and she became a significant figure in Restoration literature. Her writing influenced later women authors and literary history.
Books by Aphra Behn
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Oroonoko
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L'intreâque de Philander et Silvia
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The rover
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Quotes by Aphra Behn
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Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
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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.
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The only shame is the sin.
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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.
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Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
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The only shame is the sin.
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Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
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Variety is the soul of pleasure.
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He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
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One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
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'Tis Love alone can make our fetters please.
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