John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10043 Old Testament John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10043 |
| AUTHOR: | Old Testament |
| QUOTATION: | The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ecclesiastes xii. 5. [text] |