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How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

How much the wife is dearer than the bride.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Wife, Brides
"An Irregular Ode", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 868-71, 1922.

A cunning woman is a knavish fool.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Women, Fool, Cunning
"Advice to a Lady". Poem by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, 1731.

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.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Liberty, Use, May

Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Beauty, Judging, Should

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.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Heart, Wrinkles, Sometimes

A woman's noblest station is retreat.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Women, Retreat, Stations

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