Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Thomas Tusser Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Oct 19, 1524
  • Died: May 3, 1580

Thomas Tusser was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557. Five Hundred Points… contains the rhyming couplet:

A foole and his monie be soone at debate,

which after with sorrow repents him too late.

This is an early version of the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted.

Seek home for rest, for home is best. home

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. Christmas & being good

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. health

A fool and his money are soon parted. money

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