Gilded Tombs do Worms Enfold
The popular adage "Gilded tombs do worms enfold", was coined by William Shakespeare in his play "The Merchant of Venice". The phrase means all that glitters is not gold. Everything may not be as it appears to be. Gold is a shining, glittering metal. A tomb covered with gold plates would look wonderful outside. But being a tomb, there is a fare chance of worms being present there. 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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