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It is said that the nobleman who has fooled away so much money upon her, has at length recovered his senses.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 3 ch. 11
"There's no fool like an old fool."
"A fool and his money are soon parted", but how does a fool get any money to be parted from?