William Dunbar Quotations

Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.

Neither our vices nor our virtues further the poem.

Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.

Gem of all joy, jasper of jocundity.

London, thou art the flower of cities all! Gemme of all joy, jasper of jocunditie.

Timor mortis conturbat me. The fear of death disturbs me.

All love is lost but upon God alone.

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.

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory.