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What is the meaning of 'Gilded tombs do worms enfold' from William Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice'?
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The key is in the previous line "All that glisters is not gold" Shakespeare is pointing out that while someone or something it may look good on the outside the inside could be rotten. A similar phrases would be "Beauty is only skin deep".
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What was the quote William Shakespeare on The Gilded Age?
Shakespeare wasn't alive during the Gilded Age.
Who is the author of the gilded age?
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Papiliones auratos deridebims omnes.
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What was the quote William Shakespeare on The Gilded Age?
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v (gilded, gilded, gilt) позлатявам, варакосвам
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When was The Gilded Man created?
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Gilded triggerfish was created in 1832.
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When was The Gilded Balloon created?
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What does gilded mean?
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