SaturdayAug 15, 2026
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Aphra Behn (July 10, 1640 - April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature.
Sure, I rose the wrong way today, I have had such damnd ill luck every way.
`Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew, Which still was panting, part of it was true: Oh how I strove the rest to have believed; Ashamed and angry to be undeceived!
Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only thisthat he knew nothing yet.
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
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