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Those who live in GLASS houses shouldn't throw stones
Do not criticize or slander another if you are vulnerable to retaliation. Cf.
c
1385
CHAUCER
Troilus & Criseyde
II. 867 Who that hath an hed of verre [glass], Fro cast of stones war hym in the werre!
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 196
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
1754
Marriage Act
II. lv.
Thee shouldst not throw Stones, who hast a Head of Glass thyself … Thee canst have no Title to Honesty who lendest the writings to deceive Neighbour Barter.
1778
in
Pennsylvania Packet
22 Oct. i
He who lives in a glass house, says a Spanish proverb, should never begin throwing stones.
1861
Framley Parsonage
I. vi.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones … Mr. Robarts' sermon will be too near akin to your lecture to allow of his laughing.
1979
Requiem at Rogano
xv.
It was a favourite joke of my father .. that he was once mildly rebuked by the mayor for apparent hypocrisy. ‘Alderman Carew,’ the old mayor .. said, ‘men who live in glass houses—.’
hypocrisy
;
self-preservation
;
slander
c
1385
CHAUCER
Troilus & Criseyde
II. 867 Who that hath an hed of verre [glass], Fro cast of stones war hym in the werre!
1640Outlandish Proverbs
no. 196
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
1754
Marriage Act
II. lv.
Thee shouldst not throw Stones, who hast a Head of Glass thyself … Thee canst have no Title to Honesty who lendest the writings to deceive Neighbour Barter.
1778
in
Pennsylvania Packet
22 Oct. i
He who lives in a glass house, says a Spanish proverb, should never begin throwing stones.
1861
Framley Parsonage
I. vi.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones … Mr. Robarts' sermon will be too near akin to your lecture to allow of his laughing.
1979
Requiem at Rogano
xv.
It was a favourite joke of my father .. that he was once mildly rebuked by the mayor for apparent hypocrisy. ‘Alderman Carew,’ the old mayor .. said, ‘men who live in glass houses—.’
hypocrisy;
self-preservation
;
slander
All that GLITTERS is not gold
‘Glisters’, despite its Shakespearean authority, is now less often found than ‘glitters’. The variant form illustrated in quots. 1773, 1943, and 1987 is also common. L.
non omne quod nitet aurum est
, not all that shines is gold.
c
1220
Hali Meidenhad
(EETS) ii
Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter [there] schineth.
c
1390
Canon's Yeoman's Tale
l. 962
But al thyng which that shineth as the gold Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
1596
Merchant of Venice
II. vii. 65
All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told.
c
1628
Works
(1711) 222
All is not Gold which glittereth.
1773
in Goldsmith
She stoops to Conquer
Prologue, All is not gold that glitters. Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters [bitter-tasting medicine].
1847
Jane Eyre
II. ix.
I wished to put you on your guard. It is an old saying that ‘all is not gold that glitters.’
1880
Dict. English Proverbs
(Asprey Reference Library) 39
All that glitters is not gold.
1933
Ravenelle Riddle
iv.
All that glitters is not gold … Every bird who calls himself an American doesn't happen to be one.
1943
Shake it Again
ii.
They would not need to be informed that ‘all is not gold that glitters.’
1980
Times
19 Jan. 18
A young woman, perhaps grasping the unseemly spectacle of it all, suggested that all that glitters was not gold.
1987
Murder Bound
(1989) ii. 11
The old saw ‘all is not gold that glitters’ still holds true despite its standing as a platitude.
1998
Country Life
22 Jan. 50 (
caption
)
In the volatile world of jewellery investment, all that glisters is not gold.
appearance, deceptive
non omne quod nitet aurum est
, not all that shines is gold.
c1220
Hali Meidenhad
(EETS) ii
Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter [there] schineth.
c
1390
Canon's Yeoman's Tale
l. 962
But al thyng which that shineth as the gold Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
1596
Merchant of Venice
II. vii. 65
All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told.
c
1628
Works
(1711) 222
All is not Gold which glittereth.
1773
in Goldsmith
She stoops to Conquer
Prologue, All is not gold that glitters. Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters [bitter-tasting medicine].
1847
Jane Eyre
II. ix.
I wished to put you on your guard. It is an old saying that ‘all is not gold that glitters.’
1880
Dict. English Proverbs
(Asprey Reference Library) 39
All that glitters is not gold.
1933
Ravenelle Riddle
iv.
All that glitters is not gold … Every bird who calls himself an American doesn't happen to be one.
1943
Shake it Again
ii.
They would not need to be informed that ‘all is not gold that glitters.’
1980
Times
19 Jan. 18
A young woman, perhaps grasping the unseemly spectacle of it all, suggested that all that glitters was not gold.
1987
Murder Bound
(1989) ii. 11
The old saw ‘all is not gold that glitters’ still holds true despite its standing as a platitude.
1998
Country Life
22 Jan. 50 (
caption
)
In the volatile world of jewellery investment, all that glisters is not gold.
appearance, deceptiveGO abroad and you'll hear news of home
1678English Proverbs
(ed. 2) 345
You must goe into the countrey to hear what news at London.
1887
Woodlanders
I. iv.
Well, what was the latest news at Shottsford … As the saying is, ‘Go abroad and you'll hear news of home.’
1937
Late George Apley
x.
It seems one must leave home to learn the news of home.
home;
news
;
travel
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