Lief

Famous quotes containing the word lief:

“The philanthropists inquire whether Transcendentalism does not mean sloth: they had as lief hear that their friend is dead, as that he is a Transcendentalist; for then is he paralyzed, and can never do anything for humanity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you,
trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it as many of your
players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I had as lief have been myself alone.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)