Thomas Tusser
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1524 – 1580
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Who was Thomas Tusser?
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.
Famous Quotes:
- Seek home for rest, for home is best.
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- Born
- Oct 19, 1524
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- Trinity Hall, Cambridge
- Died
- May 3, 1580
London
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on July 23, 2013
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