Thomas Tusser
October 09, 1524 – April 23, 1580
Thomas Tusser (1524 – 3 May 1580) 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 these rhyming couplets: Swéete April showers, Doo spring Maie flowers. and
A foole and his monie be soone at debate, which after with sorrow repents him too late.
The latter is an early version of the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted.
Five Hundred Points contains these rhyming couplets: Swéete April showers, Doo spring Maie flowers. and
A foole and his monie be soone at debate, which after with sorrow repents him too late.
The latter is an early version of the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted.