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Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold. — Alain de Lille

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

In the original Latin

Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum.

Alain de Lille
Liber Parabolarum · 1202
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Topic
Appearance vs. reality
Time
1202Middle Ages
Person
Alain de Lille
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Citation
Lille De, Alain. Liber Parabolarum. c. 1202, ch. 3, no. 1.

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