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

Aphra Behn

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Aphra Behn (; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for...

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