Creative Quotations from Aphra Behn (1640-1689)

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Aphra Behn
(1640-1689) born on Jul 10

English playwright, poet. She was the first English woman to support herself by writing; most popular play was "The Rover," 1677.

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There is no sinner like a young saint.

Faith, Sir, we are here to-day, and gone tomorrow.

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

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.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Willmore, in "The Rover," act 1, sc. 2, 1677.
R:	"The Lucky Chance," IV, 1686.
A:	"The Lover's Watch," "Four O'Clock," 1686.
N:	"The Lucky Chance," 1686.
K:	"The Lucky Chance," Preface, 1686.