Love and Blind Perception

In his play The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare wrote, "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit" — 2.6.36-37.

Clearly, people have been perceiving love as a force incapable of perceiving the flaws of others for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Even a verse in the Bible states that "love keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth" — 1 Corinthians 13:5-6.

At Least We Had a few Laughs

The earliest recorded versions of the phrase do not contain the second part. Indeed they are broadly positive in tone. Such a Jack of all trades may be a master of integration, as such an individual knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring his or her disciplines together in a practical manner. This person is a generalist rather than an expert (Specialist).

"Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person that is competent with many skills, but is not necessarily outstanding in any particular one.

All That Glitters isn't Gold

The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, which employs the word "glisters," a 17th-century synonym for "glitters." The line comes from a secondary plot of the play, the puzzle of Portia's boxes (Act II - Scene VII - Prince of Morocco)