Samuel Lover Quotes


Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.


Citations

Lover, Samuel. Rory O'More: A National Romance. Vol. 1, Richard Bentley, 1837, p. 20.

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Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover
  • Born: February 24, 1797
  • Died: July 6, 1868
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Artist

Samuel Lover, also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert.