A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

money see also BAD money drives out good; a FOOL and his money are soon parted;
when the LAST tree is cut down, the last fish eaten,.. you will realize that you cannot eat
money; LEND your money and lose your friend; never MARRY for money, but marry where
money is; where there’s MUCK there’s brass; you PAYS your money and you takes your
choice; TIME is money.

A MONEYLESS man goes fast through the market

The proverb is explained in quot. 1721. The last example represents a variation of the
original proverb, asserting that a person rushes to wherever what he lacks may be found. Cf.
late 14th-cent. Fr. cilz qui n’a point d’argent n’a que faire au marchié, he who has no money
can only go to (i.e. cannot buy anything at) the market.

1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 10 A silverless Man goes fast through the Market.

Because he does not stay to cheapen [bargain] or buy. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no.

330 A Moneyless Man goes fast thro’ the Market. 1977 J. AIKEN Five-Minute Marriage

iv. Found your way here at last, then, miss, have you? A moneyless mare trots fast to the

market. buying and selling; poverty

monk see the COWL does not make the monk.

monkey see the HIGHER the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail; if you PAY
peanuts, you get monkeys; SOFTLY, softly, catchee monkey.

moon see NO moon, no man.

moor see BETTER wed over the mixen than over the moor.

MORE people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows

Tom Fool is a name traditionally given to a simpleton, or to one who acts the part of a
fool, as in a drama or morris dance.

1656 S. HOLLAND Wit & Fancy II. i. In all Comedies more know the Clown, then

the Clown knows. 1723 DEFOE Colonel Jack (ed. 2) 347 It was no satisfaction to me that