ProverbHuman Nature
English origin1546
English origin1546A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Meaning: Reckless people exhaust their resources or arguments hastily, leaving themselves defenseless when truly needed.
Origin: A bolt is the short arrow of a crossbow: the fool fires off everything at once and has nothing left. John Heywood's 1546 collection has it, and Shakespeare's Duke of Orleans quotes it in Henry V.
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