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Authors
Aphra Behn
English
Dramatist
About the author
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Nothing
#Learning
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Soul
#Pleasure
#Variety
There is no sinner like a young saint.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Life
#Friend
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Right
#Love
#Living
#Age
#Worth
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Nothing
#Reason
#Health
#Jealousy
#Solitude
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Love
#Pleasure
Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Today
#Faith
#Tomorrow
Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Life
#Age
#Worth
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Aphra Behn,
English
Dramatist
#Sense
#Money
#Language
#Nations