William Dunbar Professions : Poet Born : 1459 Died : 1520 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by 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. William Dunbar ironic despair emotional 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 be-kind tonight humble 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. William Dunbar skills law men A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. William Dunbar feet doe men Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem. William Dunbar noble-man morning men Timor mortis conturbat me. The fear of death disturbs me. William Dunbar chaos fear-of-death London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie. William Dunbar flower cities art Our pleasance here is all vain glory, William Dunbar vain glory world I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me. William Dunbar fear-of-death trouble fear All love is lost but upon God alone. William Dunbar lost-love lost love Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity. William Dunbar gems joy Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent. William Dunbar friend-love debt love-is Neither our vices nor our virtues further the poem. William Dunbar virtue vices Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory. William Dunbar false here glory world Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
