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Aphra Behn Quotes - Page 2

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Come away; poverty's catching.

Aphra Behn
Poverty, Catching
1678 The Rover, pt.2, act1.

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

'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”

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

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.

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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