Re: MT VOID, 08/09/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 6, Whole Number 2340

On 8/11/24 4:37 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:

In article <v9ap9c$2p846$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> 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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