Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum
"Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum" est proverbium Latinum quá Alanus ab Insulis in opere suo Parabolae lectorem monet ne aspectu rerum nimis confidat:
Tout n'est pas or qu'on voit luire
recensereHaec sententia ex ore populari in Latinitatem suam hexametricam fortasse convertit: paulo tardius enim Francogallice anno circiter 1300 eadem fere sicut proverbium repetitur:
- Uns proverbes dit et raconte
- Que tout n'est pas ors c'on voit luire.[2]
- Uns proverbes dit et raconte
All that glisters is not gold
recensereEadem fere sententia mox Anglice sub variis formis legitur, a principio apud Galfridum Chaucer, qui verbosius convertit:
- But all thing which that schyneth as the gold
- Ne is no gold, as I have herd it told;[3]
- But all thing which that schyneth as the gold
alibi autem compendiosius, Hyt is not al golde that glareth.[4] E tali proverbio vetustiore derivavit recensio quam Gulielmus Shakesperius in fabula sua The Merchant of Venice ad initium carminis cuiusdam inseruit:
- All that glisters is not gold;
- Often have you heard that told.[5]
- All that glisters is not gold;
Quamquam verbum glister hodie rarissimum sit, hic versus etiam hodie Anglice recognoscitur et citatur.
All that is gold does not glitter
recensereCorollarium huic sententiae Anglicae scriptor mythistoriarum I. R. R. Tolkien e Chaucero et Shakesperio primus confecit. Ille in narratione The Fellowship of the Ring carmen composuit ad personam vagatoris Aragorn describendam quod sic incipit:
- All that is gold does not glitter;
- Not all those who wander are lost.[6]
- All that is gold does not glitter;
Notae
recensere- ↑ Alanus ab Insulis, Parabolae
- ↑ Rutebeuf, Li Diz de freire Denise Cordelier vv. 14-15 (vide p. 76 apud Google Books)
- ↑ Galfridus Chaucer, Fabulae Cantuarienses "The Canon's Yeoman's Tale" 962-963
- ↑ Galfridus Chaucer, The House of Fame 1.272
- ↑ Gulielmus Shakesperius, The Merchant of Venice act. ii sc. 7
- ↑ I. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring lib. i cap. 10