All Paul Laurence Dunbar Quotes
- Poor conceited humanity! Interpreters of God indeed. Conceited
- We reduce the deity to vulgar fractions. We place our own little ambitions and label them ?divine messages?. With our short sight we affect to… Affect
- A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to… Bread
- I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that… Associated
- I know what the caged bird feels, alas! Alas
- It's all a farce, - these tales they tell About the breezes sighing, And moans astir o'er field and dell, Because the year is dying. All
- But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core. Core
- What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might have lived decently… Administer
- Slight was the thing I bought, small was the debt I thought, Poor was the loan at best - God! but the interest! Best
- Money is a great dignifier. Funny
- A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the… Come Double
- With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe. Affect
- This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have,… Accursed
- ..we wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes- this debt we pay to human guile; with torn… Bleeding
- I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would… Ah
- We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- - This debt we pay to human guile; With… All
- All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. All
- I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, when his wing is bruised and his bosom sore; when he beats his bars and he… Ah
- Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly lacking. All