Aphra Behn Quotes - Page 2

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• Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.

  Aphra Behn

  Ass, Flatterer

  Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.1065, Delphi Classics

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• Women in London are like the rich silks; they are out of fashion a great while before they wear out.

  Aphra Behn

  Fashion, Women, London

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• Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

  Aphra Behn

  Love, Crush, Dear

  1687 The Emperor of the Moon, act1, sc.1.

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• Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.

  Aphra Behn

  Learning, Spokes, Bards

  Aphra Behn (1871). “Plays”, p.255

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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

  Night, Light, Steps

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• Sure, I rose the wrong way today, I have had such damn'd ill luck every way.

  Aphra Behn

  Rose, Luck, Today

  Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.611, Delphi Classics

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• Come away; poverty's catching.

  Aphra Behn

  Poverty, Catching

  1678 The Rover, pt.2, act1.

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• Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.

  Aphra Behn

  Men, Action, Share

  Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.274, Delphi Classics

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• 'Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew, Which still was panting, part of it was true: Oh how I strove the rest to have believed; Ashamed and angry to be undeceived!

  Aphra Behn

  Dream, Heart, Belief

  Aphra Behn, “The Dream”

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• I value fame as much as if I had been born a Hero.

  Aphra Behn

  Hero, Fame, Born

  Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer (1998). “The Rover: The Feigned Courtesans ; The Lucky Chance ; The Emperor of the Moon”, p.191, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Tis Love alone can make our Fetters please.

  Aphra Behn

  Marriage, Please, Fetters

  "Poems Upon Several Occasions: With A Voyage to the Island of Love, Also The Lover in Fashion, Being an Account from Lydicus to Lysander of His Voyage from the Island of Love". Book by Aphra Behn, 1697.

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• You may make love in dancing as well as sitting.

  Aphra Behn

  Dancing, Making Love, Sitting

  Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer (1998). “The Rover: The Feigned Courtesans ; The Lucky Chance ; The Emperor of the Moon”, p.300, Oxford University Press, USA

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