stone-throwing young men. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
hypocrisy; self-preservation; slanderAll that GLITTERS is not gold‘Glisters’, despite its Shakespearean authority, is now less often found than ‘glitters’. The
variant form illustrated in quots. 1773 and 1987 is also common. L. non omne quod nitet
aurum est, not all that shines is gold.
c 1220 Hali Meidenhad (EETS) ii. Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter [there] schineth.
c 1390 CHAUCER Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale 1. 962 But al thyng which that shineth as the
gold Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told. 1596 SHAKESPEARE Merchant of Venice
II. vii. 65 All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told. c 1628 W.
DRUMMOND Works (1711) 222 All is not Gold which glittereth. 1773 D. GARRICK in
Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer (Prologue) All is not gold that glitters. Pleasure seems
sweet, but proves a glass of bitters [bitter-tasting medicine]. 1847 C. BRONTË Jane Eyre
II. ix. I wished to put you on your guard. It is an old saying that ‘all is not gold that
glitters’. 1880 Dict. English Proverbs (Asprey Reference Library) 39 All that glitters is
not gold. 1933 E. B. BLACK Ravenelle Riddle iv. All that glitters is not gold. .. Every
bird who calls himself an American doesn’t happen to be one. 1987 D. FISKE Murder
Bound (1989) ii. 11 The old saw ‘all is not gold that glitters’ still holds true despite its
standing as a platitude. 1998 Country Life 22 Jan. 50 (caption) In the volatile world of
jewellery investment, all that glisters is not gold. appearance, deceptiveglobal see THINK global, act local.glorify see until the LIONS produce their own historian,...glove see a CAT in gloves catches no mice.GO abroad and you’ll hear news of home1678 J. RAY English Proverbs (ed. 2) 345 You must goe into the countrey to hear
what news at London. 1887 T. HARDY Woodlanders I. iv. Well, what was the latest news
at Shottsford. .. As the saying is, ‘Go abroad and you’ll hear news of home.’ 1937 J. P.
MARQUAND Late George Apley x. It seems one must leave home to learn the news of
home. home; news; travel