Name: English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (89) Clothes Make the Man
Uploaded: 2019-05-07T14:17:16.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick  P and this is Proverbs 89. The proverb today is 'clothes

Adverbs of manner

make the man. "   Okay . Let's take a look the note here. This proverb basically is

telling you that the way you dress will tell people things about you and in turn

will form their opinions about you. Thus if you dress up in more formal or

stylish clothes people will often have a higher opinion of you. All right. Let's

continue.  They say this idea may have originally

come from a Greek expression that translated as the garment makes the man.  All right. That makes sense . That's pretty close.  Garment is already just

letting you know on the type of material.  There is also a quote by Shakespeare. So

Shakespeare is on record also using the same quote in Hamlet.  Hamlet you know one

of my favorite Shakespeare plays ,That,  that reads this way. You know c'lothes

maketh the man..' Remember that's Old English.  maketh also means makes. So

that's that's a literal translation as well. Let's,  let's continue here. A

Catholic priest named Aramis published a book of old Greek and Roman proverbs in

1500. So this is the one that probably everybody copied from that a later came

to what we get today the recorded quote by Aramis was in Latin and in Latin it

read this way, vestis virum facit. basically or facit,  which also means the

clothes make the man. So it comes directly from that. and you know Mark Twain's

even in here.  Mark Twain later,  later added this quote.

"Clothes make the man make , naked people have little or no influence on

society"  So he's just adding a little joke or a little humor to the idea. So

obviously he didn't create it.  and you know the ones before didn't

created it . We don't really know a hundred percent who was the first one to say

this week probably was just an old Greek proverb that was passed down. And

everybody else here probably kind of copied it and went along with it.

All right . Let's continue. The proverb still seems to be true today as we see

businessmen and politicians will all will always you know dress up in their

best formal clothes , and even actors display this at Academy Awards. And of

course you know you might want to look good on dates as well. So know let me

know what you think. You  put in the comments.

Is this still true today ?  Do close still make the mad or maybe it doesn't matter

anymore. Anyway.  I hope you got it . I hoe i it  was clear . Thank you