Fain

Famous quotes containing the word fain:

“I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“‘Stay—stay with us!—rest—thou art
weary and worn!’—
And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay;—
But sorrow return’d with the dawning of morn,
And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away.”
—Thomas Campbell (1774–1844)

“I would fain grow old learning many things.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)