Fain

Famous quotes containing the word fain:

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

“As I walked on the railroad causeway, I used to wonder at the halo of light around my shadow, and would fain fancy myself one of the elect. One who visited me declared that the shadows of some Irishmen before him had no halo about them, that it was only natives that were so distinguished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Love that so desires would fain keep her changeless;
Fain would fling the net, and fain have her free.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)