Frasi di Aphra Behn
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Aphra Behn
Data di nascita: 10. Luglio 1640
Data di morte: 16. Aprile 1689
Aphra Behn è stata una scrittrice, poetessa e drammaturga inglese.
Fu la prima donna della letteratura inglese a guadagnarsi da vivere come scrittrice, producendo opere in versi e in prosa e componendo opere teatrali, che ricevettero accuse di oscenità a causa del loro contenuto esplicito, e come traduttrice.
Frasi Aphra Behn
„L'amore cessa di essere un piacere quando non è più un segreto.“
da The Lover's Watch
„…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).
Origine: 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.
„One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.“
— Aphra Behn, The Rover
The Rover, Part II, Act V.
„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).
„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.
„No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.“
— Aphra Behn, The Rover
The Rover, Part I, Act I, sc. ii (1677).
„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).
„Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.“
The Lover's Watch, "Four o'Clock General Conversation" (1686).
„Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.“
The History of Agnes de Castro, or the Force of Generous Love (1688).
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