George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton Quote

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).


Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 't is useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.