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title: "2 Itch Quotes By Samuel Lover"
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> [When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/when-once-the-itch-of-literature-comes-over-a-man-nothing-can-cure-it/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/when-once-the-itch-of-literature-comes-over-a-man-nothing-can-cure-it-2/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

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## Other authors on Itch

## More by Samuel Lover

> [Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/sure-the-shovel-and-tongs-to-each-other-belongs/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [But all husbands are geese, though our pride it may shock, From the first 'twas ordained so by Nature I fear; Ould Adam himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/but-all-husbands-are-geese-though-our-pride-it-may-shock-from-the/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/for-dhrames-always-go-by-conthraries-my-dear/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/when-once-the-itch-of-literature-comes-over-a-man-nothing-can-cure-it/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/to-return-after-long-years-of-painful-absence-to-some-place-which-has/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Oh, happy triumph of the poet! - to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman he loves!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/oh-happy-triumph-of-the-poet-to-hear-his-verses-wedded-to-sweet/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/what-is-wine-it-is-the-grape-present-in-another-form-its-essence-is/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Sure my love is all crostLike a bud in the frostAnd there's no use at all in my going to bed,For 't is dhrames…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/sure-my-love-is-all-crostlike-a-bud-in-the-frostand-there-s-no-use-at/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/for-a-ballad-s-a-thing-you-expect-to-find-lies-in/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [There's luck in odd numbers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/there-s-luck-in-odd-numbers/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. Think of that, my beauty! -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/my-hearing-has-suffered-seriously-just-now-i-am-obliged-to-have-the/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Better to be safe than sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/better-to-be-safe-than-sorry/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/reproof-on-her-lip-but-a-smile-in-her-eye/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/circumstances-are-the-rulers-of-the-weak-they-are-but-the-instruments/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

> [There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-lover/there-was-a-place-in-childhood-that-i-remember-well-and-there-a-voice/)

[Samuel Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-lover/)

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