Gild the Lily?
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Therefore,
to be possess'd with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. - William Shakespeare, King John: |
Pride Goeth before a Fall?
| Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. - Proverbs 16:18 |
Soothe the Savage Beast?
| Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. - William Congreve, The Mourning Bride, 1.1 |
All that Glitters?
| All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told. Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold. Gilded tombs do worms enfold. - William Shakespeare, |