Fain

Famous quotes containing the word fain:

“Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,
That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,
Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know,
Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,
I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe:”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)

“In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Kent. You have that in your countenance which I would fain call master.
Lear. What’s that?
Kent. Authority.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)