A Quote by William Shenstone

A fool and his words are soon parted.

William Shenstone

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Fool His Parted Soon Words

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William Shenstone
English - Poet
November 18, 1714 - February 11, 1763

Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.

George Burns

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Thomas Tusser

A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.

Thomas Tusser

A fool and his money are soon parted. It takes creative tax laws for the rest.

Bob Thaves

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Adlai Stevenson I

Everyone has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it. The fool and his bookplate are soon parted. To distribute one's ex libris is inanely to destroy the only significance it has, that of indicating the past or present ownership of the volume in which it is placed.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

A fool and his money are quickly parted.

Jeff Bridges

The rich man and his daughter are soon parted.

Kin Hubbard

Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one. "That’s what I was supposed to say..." he gasped out. Those were his last words.

Richelle Mead

When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.

Plutarch

Satan has parted fathers and mothers. Filling their hearts with his envy and hate. Aiding their pathway down to destruction, leaving their children like orphans to stray. The family who prays will never be parted.