| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3839 |
| AUTHOR: | John Gay (16851732) |
| QUOTATION: | Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | My own Epitaph. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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