All that glitters is not gold

London, England
February 17, 2018 9:43am CST
This is one of my favourite quotes. The appearance of something is not a reliable indication of its true nature. The quote derives from Williams Shakepeare's play "Merchant of Venice". Another favourite Shakepeare quote "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
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@sjvg1976 (41134)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 18
Even I believe one can't judge someone by its appearance.
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• London, England
18 Feb 18
True
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@suripunj (956)
• New Delhi, India
17 Feb 18
And what makes our thinking in general and how many dare to differ general thinking.However poem is good.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
True
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
17 Feb 18
I agree, everything that looks good is not .. have anice day
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
True
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@BelleStarr (61050)
• United States
17 Feb 18
Shakespeare really does have some great quotes, my husband has several tees that we bought at Shakespeare theaters with great quotes. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
Yes that is a good quote.
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@LadyDuck (454981)
• Switzerland
17 Feb 18
There are many great quotes by William Shakespeare, two I like a lot Love all, trust a few, to wrong to none. No legacy is so rich as honesty.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
I like that quote "No legacy is so rich as honesty".
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@Kandae11 (53601)
17 Feb 18
Appearances can be very misleading.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
Yes appearances can be misleading.
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@m_audrey6788 (58487)
• Germany
17 Feb 18
I like the quote too
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
Yes I like quotes. Although the last quote "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" makes me think that even quotes make me overthink!
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• Germany
17 Feb 18
@Angela150 For me, The ending quote is about how we put meanings to any words that others created. We all have different way of understanding things and it can be good or bad
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
@m_audrey6788 Yes that is true. Someone can say something and it can be interpreted in many different ways.
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@1hopefulman (45125)
• Canada
25 Feb 18
It kind of reminds me of the Devil. He made things appear so attractive to Eve. She fell for it and ruined her life. Many things in this world are made to seem attractive but they only lead to disaster once we get involved. May we not be fooled!
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• London, England
25 Feb 18
Yes that's true. Things and people can be deceiving.
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@LeaPea2417 (36268)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Feb 18
I get it. A good example of this is looking at a married couple and thinking how happy they look but really they are not happy and will be divorcing.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
Yes that's true but I think all marriages take hard work and no marriage is perfect, we all have our ups and downs.
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Feb 18
Those are good quotes.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
True
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@aureliah (24340)
• Kenya
17 Feb 18
That’s very true. You are never right or wrong. It depends on how you argue.
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
True
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@sanyai (78)
• Serbia
27 Mar 18
I really love this quote too and I use it very often
@Icydoll (36725)
• India
17 Feb 18
Very true quotes friend
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• Nigeria
17 Feb 18
That's true, most fake things in life glitter the most!! One just have to be careful!!
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• London, England
17 Feb 18
Yes very true.
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