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all that glitters is not gold

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Etymology

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Calque ofLatinnōn omne quod nitet aurum est(not all that shines is gold). Popularized byWilliam Shakespeare inThe Merchant of Venice, see quotations.

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Proverb

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allthatglittersisnotgold

  1. Things thatappearvaluable orworthwhile might notactually be so; things that appear nice might not be as good as they appear.

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Translations

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things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so

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References

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  • Gregory Y. Titelman,Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996,→ISBN, p. 9.

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