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All That Glitters
All That Glitters or All That Glisters may refer to: * '' All that glitters is not gold'', a well-known saying Literature * ''All That Glitters'' (novel), by V. C. Andrews * ''All That Glitters'', a novel by Michael Anthony * ''All That Glitters'', a memoir by Pearl Lowe * "All That Glitters", the first part of the Bionicle comic ''Journey's End'' * “ All That Glitters: A Novel Of Washington”, by Frances Parkinson Keyes Stage, film and television * ''All That Glitters is Not Gold'', an 1851 comic drama by Thomas Morton and John Maddison Morton * ''All That Glitters'' (1936 film), a British film directed by Maclean Rogers * ''All That Glitters'' (2010 film), a French film * ''All That Glitters'', a 2001 film later retitled ''Glitter'' * ''All That Glitters'' (American TV series), a 1977 American sitcom * ''All That Glitters'', a proposed 1984 American series that resulted in ''Code of Vengeance'' * '' All That Glitters: Britain's Next Jewellery Star'', a BBC reality T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
"All that glitters is not gold" is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare, "All that glisters is not gold". Origins The expression, in various forms, originated in or before the 12th century and may date back to Æsop. The Latin is ''Non omne quod nitet aurum est.'' The French monk Alain de Lille wrote "Do not hold everything gold that shines like gold" in 1175. Chaucer gave two early versions in English: "''But al thyng which that shyneth as the gold / Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told''" in "The Canon's Yeoman's Tale", and "''Hyt is not al golde that glareth''" in "The House of Fame". The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William Shakespeare's play ''The Merchant of Venice'', which employs the word "glisters," a 16th-century synonym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |