Aphra Behn foi uma escritora inglesa. Ela está enterrada na Abadia de Westminster.
“O dinheiro fala sensatamente numa língua que todas as nações entendem.”
The plays, histories, and novels of the ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn: With life ... - Página 141, Aphra Behn - J. Pearson, 1871
Fonte: Revista Caras, Edição de 21 de Setembro de 2006.
Money speaks sense in a Language all Nations understand
“He that knew all that ever Learning writ,
Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.”
The Emperor of the Moon, Act III, sc. iii.
The Lucky Mistake (1689).
Fonte: The Lucky Chance, Or, the Alderman's Bargain
“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”
Aphra Behn The Rover
The Rover, Part II, Act III, sc. i.
“Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.”
The Lover's Watch, "Four o'Clock General Conversation" (1686).
“No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.”
Aphra Behn The Rover
The Rover, Part I, Act I, sc. ii (1677).
The History of Agnes de Castro, or the Force of Generous Love (1688).
“Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.”
The Younger Brother, Act III, sc. ii (published posthumously 1696).
“Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.”
The Lucky Chance, Act IV (1686).
“Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!”
The Emperor of the Moon, Act I, sc. i (1687).
“One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.”
Aphra Behn The Rover
The Rover, Part II, Act V.
