Quote#Wisdom
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel
Quote byGeorge Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1709–1773
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poetical Works (1801), "Soliloquy of a Beauty in the Country. Written at Eton College", line 11, p. 4..
English (original)
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
— George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
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