John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9884 Old Testament John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9884 |
| AUTHOR: | Old Testament |
| QUOTATION: | The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Psalm xc. 10. [text] |
| Note 1. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.—Ibid. [back] |