George Lyttelton, 1. Baron Lyttelton: Zitate auf Englisch
Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Where none admire, 't is useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.”
Soliloquy on a Beauty in the Country; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“How much the wife is dearer than the bride.”
An Irregular Ode; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Song; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair,
But love can hope where reason would despair.”
Epigram; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).