From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 8/11/24 4:37 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >> But money itself is not "the root of all   
   >> earthly evils"; the reference is to 1 Timothy 6:10, which says,   
   >> "For *the love of* money is the root of all evil: which while some   
   >> coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced   
   >> themselves through with many sorrows." [italics mine]   
   >   
   > [Hal Heydt]   
   > Far from the only modern idiom that is a mangled Biblical quote.   
   > Take "gilding the lily", where the original is "painting the lily   
   > and gilding refine'd gold."   
      
   Shakespeare quotes get messed up as often as the Bible. I wrote a post a   
   couple of days ago and just made it public, on how Britannica misquoted   
   and incorrectly explained the most famous line in Romeo and Juliet.   
      
   https://garymcgath.com/wp/britannica-blunders/   
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