John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1980 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1980 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | The world ’s a bubble, and the life of man Less than a span. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The World. |
| Note 1. Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span.—Sir Thomas Browne: Pastoral ii. Our life is but a span.—New England Primer. [back] |