When Fortune smiles, I smile to think How quickly she will frown. - Robert Southwell

Additional quotes by Robert Southwell

I feel no care of coin,
Well-doing is my wealth;
My mind to me an empire is,
While grace affordeth health.

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio

---

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

Find Similar

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio

To rise by others' fall
I deem a losing gain;
All states with others' ruins built
To ruin run amain.

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio

---

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

Find Similar

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.

Set Up MCP

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 thought may grace them more.

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio

---

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

Find Similar

Toggle format menu

• With Attribution
• Quote Only
• Plain Text
• With Bio