John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1978 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1978 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Advancement of Learning. Book ii. (1605). |
| Note 1. Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.—John Wesley (quoted): Journal, Feb. 12, 1772. According to Dr. A. S. Bettelheim, rabbi, this is found in the Hebrew fathers. He cites Phinehas ben Yair, as follows: “The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness,”—literally, next to godliness. [back] |