Gild Just One Lily(smashingmagazine.com) |
Gild Just One Lily(smashingmagazine.com) |
It's a lovely metaphor for the soulful business of doing something really well, even if there is no 'market' for that kind of quality
Shakespeare's King John, Act II (SALISBURY): ...To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, ...Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.
Gild all the lilies you want; artificial flowers have resale value.
But gold-plating gold? Yeah, that's just stupid.