John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3660 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3660 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,— Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; 1 Another race the following spring supplies: They fall successive, and successive rise. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Iliad of Homer. Book vi. Line 181. |
| Note 1. As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow.—Ecclesiasticus xiv. 18. [back] |