Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
—Samuel Lover
Topics: Life, Circumstance, Self-reliance, Chance
Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eyes.
—Samuel Lover
Topics: Praise
Sure the shovel and tongs
To each other belongs.
—Samuel Lover
Live in my heart and pay no rent.
—Samuel Lover
Topics: Kindness, Love
For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.
—Samuel Lover
Topics: Dreams
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.
—Samuel Lover
Topics: Literature, Writing
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Laurence Sterne Irish Anglican Novelist
- Elizabeth Bowen Irish Novelist
- Joyce Cary English Novelist
- Sheridan Le Fanu Irish Novelist
- James Joyce Irish Novelist
- Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Irish Novelist
- George William Russell Irish Author
- Brendan Behan Irish Poet
- Oscar Wilde Irish Poet, Playwright
- Oliver Goldsmith Anglo-Irish Novelist, Poet
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