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 All is lostAll my Eye (and) Betty Martin. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
All is not gold that glitters or glisters.
 
Trust not to appearances. In Latin, “Nulla fides fronti.”   1
       
“Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize, . ,
Nor all that glisters gold.”
       
Gray: The Cat and the Gold Fish.
 


 All is lostAll my Eye (and) Betty Martin. 

 
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