Quotes by Thomas Tusser

About Thomas Tusser:

Thomas Tusser was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557. Five Hundred Points… contains the rhyming couplet:
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What a greater crime. Than loss of time.

Thomas Tusser

Seek home for rest, for home is best.

Thomas Tusser

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.

Thomas Tusser

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.

Thomas Tusser

God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat.

Thomas Tusser

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Thomas Tusser

Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.

Thomas Tusser

Who quick be to borrow and slow be to pay, their credit is naught, go they ever so gay.

Thomas Tusser

Author Bio

  • NameThomas Tusser
  • DescriptionEnglish poet
  • BornOctober 19, 1524
  • DiedMay 3, 1580
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor