Lief

Famous quotes containing the word lief:

“Could man be drunk for ever
With liquor, love, or fights,
Lief should I rouse at morning
And lief lie down of nights.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

“I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“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)