
“98. A Fool and his Money are soon parted.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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“98. A Fool and his Money are soon parted.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
As quoted in The Stevenson Wit (1965) edited by Bill Adler
“A fool and his money is one big party.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“How did a fool and his money get together in the first place?”
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
“Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.”
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”