Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum.

Alain de Lille

Liber Parabolarum

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Topic

Appearance vs. reality

Author

Alain de Lille

Source

Liber Parabolarum

Language

Latin

Time

1202 1200s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Theologian Christian Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Lille De, Alain. Liber Parabolarum. c. 1202, ch. 3, no. 1.

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