All that glitters is not gold

Meaning: Appearances can be misleading.

Origin: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596).

Translations

• French: Tout ce qui brille n'est pas or (literally: All that shines is not gold)
• Spanish: No todo lo que brilla es oro (literally: Not everything that shines is gold)
• Japanese: 光るもの必ずしも金ならず (Hikaru mono kanarazu shimo kin narazu) (literally: Things that shine are not necessarily gold)

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