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Thomas Tusser Quotes

1520–1580 England

Thomas Tusser (circa 1524–3 May 1580), born in Rivenhall, Essex, was an English poet and farmer.

England
Poets

Also known as: Tusser, Thomas

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Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working tools.

To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low,
But how and how suddenly few be that know -,
What carry we then but a sheet to the grave,
To cover this carcass, of all that we have?"

Tenants of God's Farmstead or A Description of Life and Riches (1557)

Hast thou a Friend, as heart may wish at will?
Then use him so, to have his friendship still.
Would'st have a Friend, would'st know what friend is best?
Have God thy friend who passeth all the rest.

Naught venture naught have.

A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Tusser (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.