Aphra Behn: Quotes about life

Aphra Behn was British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer. Explore interesting quotes on life.
Aphra Behn: 30   quotes 2   likes

“…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…”

Aphra Behn

The Lucky Mistake (1689).
Source: The Lucky Chance, Or, the Alderman's Bargain

Life , Faith , Perfection

“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 book Oroonoko

Source: Oroonoko

Life , World , Way , Soul

“Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.”

Aphra Behn

The Younger Brother, Act III, sc. ii (published posthumously 1696).

For Him , Life , Age , Lovers