all that glitters is not gold

Alternative forms

 * (older form)
 * (shortened form)

Etymology
. Popularized by  in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.

Proverb

 * 1) Things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so; things that look nice might not be as good as they look.

Translations

 * Arabic: لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَا يَلْمَعُ ذَهَبًا
 * Basque: distira guztiak ez dira urre
 * Bavarian: ned ois wos glänzt is Goid
 * Bengali: সব চকচক করলেই যে সোনা হয় না
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: není všechno zlato, co se třpytí
 * Danish: det er ikke alt guld som glimrer
 * Dutch: het is niet alles goud wat er blinkt
 * Esperanto: ne ĉio brilanta estas diamanto
 * Faroese: ikki er alt gull, ið glitrar
 * Finnish: kaikki ei ole kultaa mikä kiiltää
 * French:
 * Galician: non é ouro todo o que reluce
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: हर चमकती चीज़ सोना नहीं होती
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: non è tutt'oro ciò che luccica, non è tutto oro quello che luccica
 * Jamaican Creole: wah sweet nanny goat a guh run 'im belly
 * Japanese: 光るものすべて金ならず
 * Korean: 빛나는 것이 모두 금 아니라
 * Latin:
 * Luxembourgish: et ass net alles Gold, wat blénkt
 * Macedonian: сѐ што лета не се јаде
 * Malay:
 * Jawi: اينده خبر درڤد روڤا, يڠ برچهاي بوکن سمواڽ اينتن
 * Rumi: indah khabar daripada rupa, yang bercahaya bukan semuanya intan
 * Malayalam: മിന്നുന്നതെല്ലാം പൊന്നല്ല
 * Maltese: mhux kull ma jleqq hu deheb
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: det er ikkje gull alt som glimrar
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nem tudo que reluz é ouro
 * Romanian: nu tot ce strălucește este aur, nu tot ce lucește este aur, nu este aur tot ceea ce lucește
 * Russian: не всё то зо́лото, что блести́т
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: није злато све што сија
 * Roman: nije zlato sve što sija
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: ala piri tifi a no lafu
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: மின்னுவதெல்லாம் பொன்னல்ல
 * Turkish: parlayan her şey altın değildir
 * Urdu: ہر چمکتی چیز سونا نہیں ہوتی
 * Welsh: