All That Glisters Is Not Gold

All That Glisters Is Not Gold. It is commonly used today with the word "glitter" instead of "glisters." However, there are other metals which are widely sold in the markets which looks like gold


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"The Merchant of Venice": "All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told." In William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," the character… "All that glisters is not gold-- Often have you heard that told

" All that glitters is not gold " is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold The phrase also means 'do not be deceived by looks because a person may look innocent but they are not.

. " All that glitters is not gold " is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so The fall from grace of the British paedophile Gary Glitter has given glitter a bad name and the previously defunct alternative glister may yet return to the language.

William Shakespeare Quote “All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told Many. The proverb "all that glitters is not gold" means not to trust everything you see If the original version was , "All that GLISTERS is not gold" then do we have a quotation well prior to the use of "glitters" (WS in MofV) to prove the use of "glisters"? Clearly as you say Chaucer used a similar idea, but can we actually trace the word "glisters" in any early literature ? ‒ Geoff