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Fool's Bolt
A fool's bolt is soon shot (Henry V., iii. 7).
Simpletons cannot wait for the fit and proper time, but waste their
resources in random endeavours; a fool and his money are soon parted.
The allusion is to the British bowmen in battle; the good soldier shot
with a purpose, but the foolish soldier at random. (See Prov.
xxix. 11.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Fool's Bolt from Infoplease:
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