John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3070 Mathew Henry 1662-1714 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3070 |
| AUTHOR: | Mathew Henry (1662–1714) |
| QUOTATION: | Here is bread, which strengthens man’s heart, and therefore called the staff of life. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Commentaries. Psalm civ. |
| Note 1. Bread is the staff of life.—Jonathan Swift: Tale of a Tub. Corne, which is the staffe of life.—Winslow: Good Newes from New England, p. 47. (London, 1624.) The stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread.—Isaiah iii. 1. [back] |