a fool and his money are soon parted

English

Proverb

a fool and his money are soon parted

It is easy to get money from foolish people.
It is difficult or unlikely that foolish people maintain their hold on acquired wealth.

Translations

it is easy to get money from foolish people

French: aux idiots l'argent file entre les doigts (Fools' money slips through their fingers), aux idiots l'argent brûle entre les doigts (Fools' money burns through their fingers)
Japanese: 鴨が葱を背負って来る (ja) (kamo ga negi o shotte kuru)
Portuguese: dinheiro de tolo já sai do bolso
Russian: у дурака́ в карма́не дыра́ (u duraká v karmáne dyrá) (fool's pocket has a hole)

it is difficult or unlikely that foolish people maintain their hold on acquired wealth

Kikuyu: warĩire athĩnirie waigire (one who had eaten bothered one who had stored)

See also

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 103.

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