6 Quotes & Sayings By William Dunbar

William Dunbar (died 1573) was a renowned poet and literary scholar of the 16th century, and one of the most significant figures in Scottish literature and culture. He is best known for his collection The Lyfe of the Noble and Right Worthy Prince, Lorde James, Thrie Estaitis, and The Scots Metrical Psalmes. Dunbar is believed to have been born in Glasgow sometime in the late 1520s or early 1530s. His father was a burgess and a royal official in Edinburgh Read more

After he received his Master's degree at age seventeen, Dunbar moved to London to study law at Lincoln's Inn. At the University of Oxford he studied rhetoric and philosophy under Richard Mulcaster and William Grindal. In 1566, he became a secretary to Sir David Lindsay, a principal secretary of state for Scotland under Queen Mary.

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All love is lost but upon God alone. William Dunbar
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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
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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
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London, thou art the flower of cities all! William Dunbar
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A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. William Dunbar