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For his chaste Muse employed 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

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None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair:
But Love can hope, where Reason would despair.

Poetical Works (1801)

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Poetical Works (1801)

Women, like princes, find few real friends.

Poetical Works (1801)

How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

Poetical Works (1801)

Seek to be good, but aim not to be great;
A woman’s noblest station is retreat.

Poetical Works (1801)

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