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Aphra Behn (1640-1689)

Restoration dramatist

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

APHRA BEHN, The Lover's Watch, Four o'clock

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

APHRA BEHN, The Rover

As love is the most noble and divine passion of the soul, so is it that to which we may justly attribute all the real satisfactions of life, and without it, man is unfinished, and unhappy.

APHRA BEHN, The Fair Jilt

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

APHRA BEHN, The Rover

There is no sinner like a young saint.

APHRA BEHN, The Rover

Oh, I am arm'd with more than complete steel,
The justice of my quarrel.

APHRA BEHN, The Moor's Revenge


RELATED LINKS

Aphra Behn - a biography.

Aphra Behn Monologues - a collection of monologues from the plays of Aphra Behn.

Aphra Behn Poems - A collection of Behn's poetry.

Aphra Behn Bibliography - a bibliography, including a list of critical resources.