Quotes by William Dunbar

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Court poet (1459/60 ~ 1530) · Scottish

Scottish court poet (1459/60 ~ 1530)

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“All love is lost but upon God alone.”

“London, thou art the flower of cities all!”

“A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.”

“Man, pleis thy makar and be mirry, And sett not by this warld a chirry;”

“My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalieThat wery is my goist to fle so fast.”

“To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.”

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“All love is lost but upon God alone.”
— William Dunbar
God Alone Love Is

“To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.”
— William Dunbar
God Humble Be Kind

“Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, t...”
— William Dunbar
Wisdom Law Men

“London, thou art the flower of cities all!”
— William Dunbar
Flower London Thou

“A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.”
— William Dunbar
Men Lawyer Know

“Man, pleis thy makar and be mirry, And sett not by this warld a chirry;”
— William Dunbar

“I that in heill wes and gladness,Am trublit now with gret seiknes,And feblit with infermité;Timor mortis conturbat me.Our plesance heir is all vane glory,This fals warld is bot transitory,The flesc...”
— William Dunbar

“My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalieThat wery is my goist to fle so fast.”
— William Dunbar

“Strong be thy wallis that about the standis;Wise be the people that within the dwellis;Fresh is thy ryver with his lusty strandis;Blith be thy chirches, wele sownyng be thy bellis;Riche be thy merc...”
— William Dunbar