George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (January 17 1709 – August 24 1773), known as Sir George Lyttelton, Baronet between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.

Poetical Works (1801)

 * The Poetical Works of George, Lord Lyttleton (London: Cadell and Davies, 1801)


 * Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
 * "Soliloquy of a Beauty in the Country. Written at Eton College", line 11, p. 4.


 * Women, like princes, find few real friends.
 * "Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 10, p. 56


 * What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition?—To be fair.
 * "Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 17, p. 57.


 * The lover in the husband may be lost.
 * "Advice to a Lady. 1732", line 112, p. 61.


 * Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain: The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain.
 * "Song. Written in the Year 1732", line 9, p. 75.


 * None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair: But Love can hope, where Reason would despair.
 * "Epigram", line 1, p. 77.


 * How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
 * "An Irregular Ode. Written at Wickham in 1846. To Miss Lucy Fortescue", line 34, p. 88.


 * 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.
 * "Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus", line 21, p. 141.