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A FOOL and his money are soon parted
1573Husbandry
(rev. ed.) ix.
A foole and his money be soone at debate: which after with sorow repents him too late.
1587
Defence of Government in Church of England
xv. 1294
A foole and his money is soone parted.
1616
Adages
166
A foole, and his money are soone parted.
1771
Humphry Clinker
I. 174
She tossed her nose in distain, saying, she supposed her brother had taken him into favour ..: that a fool and his money were soon parted.
1816
Antiquary
III. x.
‘It's a capital piece; it's a Joe Manton, that cost forty guineas.’ ‘A fool and his money is soon parted, nephew.’
1945
Lark Rise
xi.
Copperplate maxims: ‘A fool and his money are soon parted’; ‘Waste not, Want not’.. and so on.
1981
Patriarch
xx.
I can see now I was a fool, perhaps even a greedy fool, and a fool and his money are soon parted.
1995
Washington Times
27 Jan. A20
If the ultimate capitalistic maxim is, ‘A fool and his money are soon parted,’ nowhere is there more evidence than this case.
money;
stupidity
A FOOL at forty is a fool indeed
Cf.
1557
R. EDGEWORTH
Sermons
301 When he [Rehoboam] begonne hys raigne he was one and fortye yeares of age … And he that hath not learned some experience or practice and trade of the world by that age will neuer be wise.
1725
Universal Passion
II. 16
Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
1751
Visions in Verses
13
He who at fifty is a fool, Is far too stubborn grown for school.
1908
New York Idea
III. 112
I shall come or not [to your wedding] as I see fit. And let me add, my dear brother, that a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
1982
Destination Biafra
i.
‘What is it they say about a fool at forty?’ ‘I don't think you'll be a fool forever, sir.’
middle age
;
stupidity
1557
R. EDGEWORTH
Sermons
301 When he [Rehoboam] begonne hys raigne he was one and fortye yeares of age … And he that hath not learned some experience or practice and trade of the world by that age will neuer be wise.
1725Universal Passion
II. 16
Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
1751
Visions in Verses
13
He who at fifty is a fool, Is far too stubborn grown for school.
1908
New York Idea
III. 112
I shall come or not [to your wedding] as I see fit. And let me add, my dear brother, that a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
1982
Destination Biafra
i.
‘What is it they say about a fool at forty?’ ‘I don't think you'll be a fool forever, sir.’
middle age;
stupidity
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