Saturday, 11 June 2011

All that glisters is not gold

Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice

Act II, scene VII

Morocco. …
“All that glisters is not gold;
often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
but my outside to behold;
guilded tombs do worms infold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
young in limbs, in judgement old,
your answer had not been inscrolled.
Fare you well, your suit is cold”