Brewer's: All is not gold that glitters or glisters

Trust not to appearances. In Latin, “Nulla fides fronti.”

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 .

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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