All that glitter is not gold [2022. 2024 - BA LLB 4th semester]
All that glitter is not gold
The popular adage "All that glitter is not gold", was first used by William Shakespeare in his play "The Merchant of Venice". This means that everything may not be as it appears to be. Gold is a shining, glittering metal. One can identify gold by the very first look. But this does not mean anything and everything that is shining like gold is actually gold. The outward looks are often deceptive. There are ample examples where people get carried away by the outward look of an object. We have experience of purchasing a very good looking expensive garment which gets faded after the first wash! There is no dearth of people having an experience of buying vegetables that looked garden fresh, and were actually rotten inside. The phrase is equally applicable to human beings as well. A person who looks very gentle at the first meeting may come out to be an arrogant brute and a person who looks like a villain, is actually a gentleman par excellence. It is important not to make judgment based on the outward looks of a person or thing.
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