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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]