John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9873 Old Testament John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9873 |
| AUTHOR: | Old Testament |
| QUOTATION: | Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Psalm lxii. 9. [text] |
| Note 1. As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights; they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.—Ibid. [back] |