[Avodah] Misquotations

[Jay F. Shachter via Avodah]

> 
> (TO gild that lily: Not only was Binyamin innocent of this crime ...
>

You need to re-read King John.  Gilding a lily might improve it in
some way.   But not gilding refined gold.  Or painting a lily.

Off-topic, perhaps -- but Jews, especially Jews engaged in a
discussion of texts, should not make a practice of misquoting texts.
It has a bad effect on the character.


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