All That Glitters Gold. Only the most pedantic insist that 'all that glisters is not gold' is correct and that 'all that glitters is not gold', being a misquotation, however cobweb-laden, should be shunned Tolkien's fantasy classic, The Fellowship of the Ring (part one of the Lord of the Rings trilogy)
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The title character's spatula breaks and he replaces it with a new shiny one, a choice he begins to regret almost immediately. It first appeared in his play The Merchant of Venice, first published in 1596,
'All that glisters is not gold', then: not quite 'glitters', although 'glister' has the same meaning as 'glitters'. From the ashes, a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king The song of Aragorn is also known as The Riddle of Strider. All that glitters is not gold." (The product seemed appealing, but it turned out to be low quality.)
ALL that GLITTERS is NOT GOLD, Text on Red Stamp Sign Stock Illustration Illustration of icon. Sometimes phrases, like all that glitters is not gold, become so imbedded in a culture that they find expression in unusual places 'All that glitters is not gold' is a saying that refers to a line in the Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice, read from a note in act 2, scene 7.
All that glitters is not gold. William Shakespeare. The phrase 'All that glitters is not gold' expresses in a beautiful metaphor, the idea that the things that seem most valuable on the surface - like gold - are often deceptive: that frequently, the more modest-looking things in life. The title character's spatula breaks and he replaces it with a new shiny one, a choice he begins to regret almost immediately.