--- title: "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton Quotes | QuotesBy.net" description: "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton writes sly, poetic lines about ambition, beauty and the value of admiration. Read all 13 quotes on QuotesBy.net." image: "https://quotesby.net/wp-content/themes/quotesby-editorial/assets/og-default.png" --- ## George, 1st Baron Lyttelton quotes 1. > 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. [Permalink to quote \#1](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/1/ "Permalink to quote 1") 2. > Women, like princes, find few real friends. [Permalink to quote \#2](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/2/ "Permalink to quote 2") 3. > What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair. [Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/3/ "Permalink to quote 3") 4. > The lover in the husband may be lost. [Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/4/ "Permalink to quote 4") Attribution disputed; shown as originally published. 5. > How much the wife is dearer than the bride. [Permalink to quote \#5](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/5/ "Permalink to quote 5") 6. > None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair, But love can hope where reason would despair. [Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/6/ "Permalink to quote 6") 7. > Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle. [Permalink to quote \#7](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/7/ "Permalink to quote 7") 8. > Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain; The heart can ne'er a transport know That never feels a pain. [Permalink to quote \#8](https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton/8/ "Permalink to quote 8") ## Also attributed 1. > A woman's noblest station is retreat. 2. > A cunning woman is a knavish fool. 3. > Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known. 4. > To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused. 5. > Wit is not levelled so much at the muscles as at the heart; and the latter will sometimes smile when there is not a single wrinkle on the cheek. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton Quotes", "url": "https://quotesby.net/George,-1st-Baron-Lyttelton", "about": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton" }, "hasPart": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women, like princes, find few real friends.", "spokenByCharacter": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George, 1st Baron Lyttelton" } }, { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? 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