Афра Бен знаменитые цитаты
„Любовь перестаёт быть удовольствием, когда перестаёт быть тайной.“
Вариант: Любовь перестает быть удовольствием, когда перестает быть тайной.
„Нет худшего грешника, чем юный святой.“
Источник: Бог не ангел: Афоризмы / составитель Душенко К. В. — М.: ЭКСМО-Пресс, ЭКСМО-МАРКЕТ, 2000.
Афра Бен: Цитаты на английском языке
“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).
Источник: 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.
