That which glitters is not gold

Portia, adieu. I have too grieved a heart To take a tedious leave. Thus losers part. The proverb, it turns out, was centuries old even when Shakespeare used it. Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice in the s. Hali Meidenhad was written in the West Midlands in around Hali Meidenhad i. The poem is not just pro-church, but anti-marriage — at least where women are concerned. But in fact, the proverb was common currency in the Middle Ages.

Gold , Quality. A 6 Thoughts. This can be applied to just about any experience in life. Add your thoughts Cancel reply. Meaning: someone who is competent at many things but does not excel at any of them. The original editions of The Merchant of Venice , , have the line as ' all that glisters is not gold '. O hell! A carrion Death, within whose empty eye There is a written scroll! I'll read the writing.

All that glitters 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. All that glitters is not gold. From the Hansard archive. Example from the Hansard archive.

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3. However, as he matures, he discovers that all that glitters is not gold. From Wikipedia. He shows us that all that glitters is not gold. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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