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)

“All human race would fain be wits.
And millions miss, for one that hits.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“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)