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Which saying is closest in meaning to Shakespeare's saying All that glitters is not gold?
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∙ 12y ago
It means that just because something looks brand new and shiny and looks like it'd be fun doesnt mean that it can bring you true happiness. Or at least that's what I got from it. Generally, just because it looks good on the outside doesn't mean that it is actually any good; appearances can be deceiving.
The saying is a misquotation of Shakespeare's "all that glisters is not gold", the message given to the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, when he is sure that the gold casket is the right one to choose to get to marry Portia.
Myra Hodkiewicz
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∙ 10y agoThe phrase was written as "All that glisters is not gold" It is a quotation from Skakespeare's play, The Merchant Of Venice and quoted by the Prince of Morocco (it is written on a piece of paper enclosed in a golden casket).
"All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold, But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold, Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs in judgment old, Your answer had not been inscrolled
Fare you well your suit is cold."
A logically incorrect term as gold itself glisters and is gold. So the logical statement would be "Not all that glisters is Gold."
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∙ 12y agoIt means that just because something looks brand new and shiny and looks like it'd be fun doesnt mean that it can bring you true happiness. Or at least that's what I got from it. Generally, just because it looks good on the outside doesn't mean that it is actually any good; appearances can be deceiving.
The saying is a misquotation of Shakespeare's "all that glisters is not gold", the message given to the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, when he is sure that the gold casket is the right one to choose to get to marry Portia.
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∙ 9y agoThe phrase appears in slightly different form in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. ("All that glisters is not gold") The jury is out on whether Shakespeare coined the phrase or was merely the first person to write it down.
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∙ 11y agoAppearances can be deceptive.
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