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“Gild the lily” means adding unnecessary ornament to something already fine. The modern wording is linked to, but not quoted from, Shakespeare.

English grammar was not invented by one person. It evolved through use, then early grammarians such as William Bullokar described it.

The word stoic began as the name for followers of Zeno, who taught at Athens’ Painted Porch, the Stoa Poikile.

English has many French and Latin words, but its roots are Germanic. That history explains much of its basic grammar and word shape.