To gild the lilyCorrect quote: To gild refined gold, to paint the lily – William Shakespeare The Life and Death of King John, Act IV, Scene II, line 13 Shakespeare was himself playing with the biblical story that says that one does not need to add to what God has already done for the lily Matt 6:28 See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

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