I was thinking oof it just yesterday... looking at the italian translation. There's a saying in italian too "Not all that glietters is gold" I think Tolkien would mean exactly what he wrote i.e. that All that is gold does not glitter" He inverted the concept of the saying...
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all that is gold does not glitter...not everything that is valiant, pure, and good will shine. Not all nobility shines because sometimes it is kept hidden and secret til the right time (like Aragorn the King)!
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I fully agree!