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By William Shakespeare
All that glisters is not gold, Often haue you heard that told;…
- Source
- Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (the First Folio), 1623 · The Merchant of Venice, p. 171 (printed page number, seen), foot of left column; archive.org page n186
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- Internet Archive (EEBO microfilm scan, STC 22273, of the 1623 First Folio, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount; page images carry the label Folger No. 7)
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From the scroll in the golden casket in The Merchant of Venice (First Folio, 1623), read out by the Prince of Morocco. The verse goes on after these lines. The popular wording is "glitters"; the Folio reads "glisters".