"A fool and his money be soon at debate."
— Money
January 1, 1970
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Thomas Tusser, Good Husbandry. "A fool and his money are soon parted." George Buchanan, tutor to James VI. of Scotland, to a courtier after winning a bet as to which could make the coarser verse. See Walsh, Handy Book of Literary Curiosities. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24.
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Thomas Tusser, Good Husbandry. "A fool and his money are soon parted." George Buchanan, tutor to James VI. of Scotland, to a courtier after winning a bet as to which could make the coarser verse. See Walsh, Handy Book of Literary Curiosities. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24.