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• A foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless.

  ‘Absent government-imposed distortions, a fool and his money are soon parted.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘As the saying goes, a fool and his money are soon parted.’
  • ‘After all, a fool and his money are soon parted, and the victims of these scams have brought financial misfortune on themselves, isn't that right?’
  • ‘Laughable they may be, but a fool and his money are soon parted.’
  • ‘They say there's no fool like an old fool, and a fool and his money are soon parted.’