a fool and his money are soon parted

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First appears c. 1587 in the publication Defense of the Government of the Church of England as If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of them..let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted. An earlier quote from 1573 by Thomas Tusser reads "A foole and his money be soone at debate: which after with sorow repents him too late."

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: aux idiots l'argent file entre les doigts — it is easy to get money from foolish people
• French: aux idiots l'argent brûle entre les doigts — it is easy to get money from foolish people
• Japanese: 鴨が葱を背負って来る (kamo ga negi o shotte kuru) — it is easy to get money from foolish people
• Portuguese: dinheiro de tolo já sai do bolso — it is easy to get money from foolish people
• Russian: у дурака́ в карма́не дыра́ (u duraká v karmáne dyrá) — it is easy to get money from foolish people
• Kikuyu: warĩire athĩnirie waigire — it is difficult or unlikely that foolish people maintain their hold on acquired wealth