I've no problem with the notion that a fool and his money are soon parted, but your Lincoln quote is absolutely false, btw: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln/prosperity.asp
I'd also say that the phrases of which it is made up is ridiculously wrong, so I'm rather glad that Lincoln never actually said anything of the sort. Judah On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A fool and his money are soon parted - Thomas Tusser > > J > > - > > You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. > You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. > You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich. > You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. > You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer . > You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and > independence. > You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. > You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. > You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should > do for themselves. > > - Abraham Lincoln > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
