William Dunbar quotes

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)
Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. View quote
William Dunbar
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. View quote
William Dunbar
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, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive. View quote
William Dunbar
My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalie That wery is my goist to fle so fast. View quote
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 flesche is brukle, the Fend is sle; Timor mortis conturbat me. View quote
William Dunbar
Man, pleis thy makar and be mirry, And sett not by this warld a chirry. View quote
William Dunbar
London, thou art the flower of cities all! View quote
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 merchauntis in substance that excellis Fair be thy wives, right lovesom, white and small; Clere be thy virgyns, lusty under kellis: London, thou art the flour of Cities all. View quote
William Dunbar
All love is lost but upon God alone. View quote
William Dunbar
Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory. (William Dunbar)