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I prefer the version "not all that glitters is gold", otherwise it sounds like gold, which glitters, is not gold. Interestingly in Spanish both versions are als
by ezequiel-garzon 9y ago
I prefer the version "not all that glitters is gold", otherwise it sounds like gold, which glitters, is not gold. Interestingly in Spanish both versions are also popular.
- AdmiralAsshat 9y agoThe word order "All that gli[t]ters is not gold" is taken from Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice), so that gives it quite a bit of staying power in English.
- laurieg 9y agoAlthough in the originl he used the word "glister".
- AdmiralAsshat 9y agoHence why I put the bracket around the first 't'.
- olewhalehunter 9y ago>gold, which glitters, is not gold that's the poetic point "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."
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