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Gild Just One Lily
- wood_spirit 10mo agoDoes the recent makeover of the Oval Office count as just one?
- dgllghr 10mo agoI think he has gilded many. Always gilded, though, never actually gold
- mirawelner 10mo agoI like metaphors. I respect a good “run with a metaphor” post. But I feel like if you have to explain the metaphor this much during the post it’s not worth it
- stevedonovan 10mo ago"This post could have been a tweet", and so on. It's a lovely metaphor for the soulful business of doing something really well, even if there is no 'market' for that kind of quality
- rf15 10mo agoArt is often its own reward.
- onraglanroad 10mo agoTrue. This particular lily was less gilded than battered and deep fried.
- IAmBroom 10mo agoThe article goes to lengths to explain the saying, without ever mentioning its source... and so I assume the author also doesn't realize the common saying is a misquote. The actual quote makes a LOT more sense: Shakespeare's King John, Act II (SALISBURY): ...To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, ...Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Gild all the lilies you want; artificial flowers have resale value. But gold-plating gold? Yeah, that's just stupid.