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George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
9 quotes
“Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) said by 1773 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women, like princes, find few real friends.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) first seen 1732 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 10, p. 56
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition?—To be fair.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) first seen 1732 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 17, p. 57
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“Seek to be good, but aim not to be great; A woman’s noblest station is retreat.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) first seen 1732 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 51
“The lover in the husband may be lost.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) first seen 1732 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 112, p. 61
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain: The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) first seen 1732 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song. Written in the Year 1732", line 9, p. 75
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair: But Love can hope, where Reason would despair.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) said by 1773 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“How much the wife is dearer than the bride.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) said by 1773 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Irregular Ode. Written at Wickham in 1846. To Miss Lucy Fortescue", line 34, p. 88
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton
“For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) said by 1773 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Lord Lyttleton