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Aphra Behn Quotes

Aphra Behn quotes about love

English Playwright July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689

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Aphra Behn quote: "Each moment of a happy love's hour is worth an age of dull and..."
Each moment of a happy love's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn
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
When he came, attended by all the young soldiers of any merit, he was infinitely surprised at the beauty of this fair Queen of Night, whose face and person was so exceeding all he had ever beheld; that lovely modesty with which she received him, that softness in her look, and sighs, upon the melancholy occasion of this honour that was done by so great a man as Oroonoko, and a prince of whom she had heard such admirable things; the awfulness wherewith she received him, and the sweetness of her... Aphra Behn
WILLMORE: Nay, if we part so, let me die like a Bird upon a Bough, at the Sheriff's Charge. By Heaven, both the Indies shall not buy thee from me. I adore thy Humour and will marry thee, and we are so of one Humour, it must be a Bargain - give me thy Hand - [Kisses her hand.] And now let the blind ones (Love and Fortune) do their worst. Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn quote: "One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on."
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on. Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn quote: "Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more."
Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more. Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn quote: "Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret."
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret. Aphra Behn

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