Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 89. The proverb today is 'clothes
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
for your time. Bye-bye.