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> [“Gift better than Himself God doth not know, Gift better than God no man can see; This gift doth here the giver given bestow Gift to this gift let each receiver be; God is my gift, Himself He freely gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/gift-better-than-himself-god-doth-not-know-gift-better-than-god-no/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

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> [God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/god-gave-himself-to-you-give-yourself-to-god/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

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## More by Robert Southwell

> [Few have all they need, none all they wish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/few-have-all-they-need-none-all-they-wish/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/hoist-up-sail-while-gale-doth-last-tide-and-wind-stay-no-man-s/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Time wears all his locks before,Take thy hold upon his forehead;When he flies he turns no more,And behind his scalp is naked.Works adjourn'd have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/time-wears-all-his-locks-before-take-thy-hold-upon-his-forehead-when/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [“Gift better than Himself God doth not know, Gift better than God no man can see; This gift doth here the giver given bestow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/gift-better-than-himself-god-doth-not-know-gift-better-than-god-no/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful all, yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/man-s-mind-a-mirror-is-of-heavenly-sights-a-brief-wherein-all-marvels/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/the-path-to-heaven-is-narrow-rough-and-full-of-wearisome-and-trying/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [No joy so great but runneth to an end,No hap so hard but may in fine amend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/no-joy-so-great-but-runneth-to-an-end-no-hap-so-hard-but-may-in-fine/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Lingering labors come to naught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/lingering-labors-come-to-naught/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/god-gave-himself-to-you-give-yourself-to-god/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Where sin was hatched, let tears now wash the nest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/where-sin-was-hatched-let-tears-now-wash-the-nest/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [I feel no care of coin,Well-doing is my wealth;My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/i-feel-no-care-of-coin-well-doing-is-my-wealth-my-mind-to-me-an/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [Times go by turns, and chances change by course, from foul to fair, from better hap to worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/times-go-by-turns-and-chances-change-by-course-from-foul-to-fair-from/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/my-faultless-breast-the-furnace-is-the-fuel-wounding-thorns-love-is/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/when-fortune-smiles-i-smile-to-think-how-quickly-she-will-frown/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

> [The saddest birds a season find to sing,The roughest storm a calm may soon allay;Thus with succeeding turns God tempereth all,That men may hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-southwell/the-saddest-birds-a-season-find-to-sing-the-roughest-storm-a-calm-may/)

[Robert Southwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-southwell/)

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