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1640–1689 England
Aphra Behn (née Aphra Johnson) (July 10 1640 – April 16 1689) was a prolific Restoration dramatist and writer of amatory fiction. She is believed to be the first English professional woman writer.
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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.
The Roundheads (1682)
Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.
Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
She’s as inconstant as the seas and winds,
The Forc'd Marriage (1670)
Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.
He that knew all that ever Learning writ,
…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…
The Lucky Mistake (1689)
All soft and sweet the maid appears,
The Emperor of the Moon (1687)
There's no sinner like a young saint.
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