... he that will live in this World, must be endu'd with the three rare Qualities of Dissimulation, Equivocation, and mental Reservation. Aphra Behn More Quotes by Aphra Behn More Quotes From Aphra Behn That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. Aphra Behn libraryfaithfulperfect All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me.... If I must not, because of my sex, have this freedom... I lay down my quill and you shall hear no more of me. Aphra Behn privilegepoetsex Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life. Aphra Behn positivebirthdaylove A poet is a painter in his way, he draws to the life, but in another kind; we draw the nobler part, the soul and the mind; the pictures of the pen shall outlast those of the pencil, and even worlds themselves. Aphra Behn soulmindworld Variety is the soul of pleasure. Aphra Behn varietypleasuresoul 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 passionreallove-is Who is't that to woman's beauty would submit, Aphra Behn womens-beautysubmitwit One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on. Aphra Behn hoursagelove Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. Aphra Behn moneylanguagespeak Faith, Sir, we are here today and gone tomorrow. Aphra Behn gonetodaydeath Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret. Aphra Behn pleasuresecretlove Time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern. Aphra Behn mediumsemstime Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour! Aphra Behn dearcrushlove Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity. Aphra Behn noveltycuriosity I think a Play the best divertisement that wise men have: but I do also think them nothing so who do discourse so formallie about the rules of it, as if 'twere the grand affair of humane life. Aphra Behn wisementhinking There is no sinner like a young saint. Aphra Behn saintyoungchildren Sure, I rose the wrong way today, I have had such damn'd ill luck every way. Aphra Behn luckrosetoday Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more. Aphra Behn reputationreturn Jealousy, the old worm that bites. Aphra Behn wormsbitesjealousy Love's a thin Diet, nor will keep out Cold. Aphra Behn colddiets
