Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behnwas a British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Rising from obscurity, she came to the notice of Charles II, who employed her as a spy in Antwerp. Upon her return to London and a probable brief stay in debtors' prison, she began writing...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth14 December 1640
english-dramatist learning
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
jealousy worms bites
Jealousy, the old worm that bites.
learning bards spokes
Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth- He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only this-that he knew nothing yet.
poverty catching
Come away; poverty's catching.
brave world knavery
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.
ass flatterer
Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
marriage please fetters
Tis Love alone can make our fetters please.
night light steps
Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am resolved to follow where you lead.
fashion women london
Women in London are like the rich silks; they are out of fashion a great while before they wear out.
womens-beauty wit submit
Who is't that to woman's beauty would submit, And yet refuse the fetters of their wit?
men action share
affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have ...
time ems mediums
time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern ...