TALENT TALK
King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne; He held them sixpence all too deere, Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne. Thomas Percy—Reliques. Take Thy Old Cloak About Thee. St. 7. Quoted in Othello. Act II. Sc. 2. </poem>
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Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey;
That suit an unpaid tailor snatch'd away.
| author = Pope
| work = The Dunciad.
| place = Bk. II. L. 117.
Thou villain base,
Know'st me not by my clothes?
No, nor thy tailor, rascal,
Who is thy grandfather: he made those clothes,
Which, as it seems, make thee.
Cymbeline. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 80.
Thou art a strange fellow: a tailor make a
man?
Ay, a tailor, sir; a stone-cutter or a painter
could not have made him so ill, though he had
been but two hours at the trade.
King Lear. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 61.
Thy gown? why, ay;—come, tailor, let us see't.
O mercy, God! what masquing stuff is here?
What's this? a sleeve? 'tis like a demi-cannon:
What, up and down, carv'd like an apple-tart?
Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,
Like to a censer in a barber's shop:
Why, what i' devil's name, tailor, call'st thou
this!
Taming of the Shrew. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 86.
H faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.
It takes nine tailors to make a man.
Quoted by Comte db la Villemarque as a
Breton proverb.
All his reverend wit
Lies in his wardrobe.
Webster—White Devil. Act II. Sc. 1.
g TALENT
Magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus,
et cogitationem a consuetudine abducere.
It is a proof of great talents to recall the
mind from the senses, and to separate thought
from habit.
Cicero—Tusculanarum Disputationum. I.
16.
Occultae musices nullus respectus.
Concealed talent brings no reputation.
Erasmus—Adagia. Suetonius—Nero. 20.
Ne forgons point notre talent;
Nous ne ferions rien avec grace:
Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse,
Ne saurait passer pour galant.
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do
nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may
do, will never pass for a gentleman.
La Fontaine—Fables. IV. 5.
Talent is that which is in a man's power!
Genius is that in whose power a man is.
Lowelij—Among my Books. Rousseau and
the Sentimentalists.
TALK
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| text = <poem>It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
| author = Beaumont and Fletcher
| work = The Scornful
Lady. Act W. Sc. 1.
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| text = <poem>But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, with greater ease.
Butler—Hudibras. Pt. III. Canto II. L. 443.
With vollies of eternal babble.
Butler—Hudibras. Pt. III. Canto II. L. 453.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
And whether pigs have wings.
Lewis Carroll—Through the Looking Olass.
Ch. III.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Collet Cibber—Parody on Pope's Unes.
Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,
But talking is not always to converse,
Not more distinct from harmony divine
The constant creaking of a country sign.
| author = Cowper
| work = Conversation. L. 7.
But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.
Dryden—Absalom and Achitophel. Pt. I. L.
533.
Whose talk is of bullocks.
Ecclesiasticus. XXXVIII.
.
My tongue within my lips I rein;
For who talks much must talk in vain.
Gay—Introduction to the Fables. Pt. I. L. 57.
Chi parla troppo non pud parlar sempre bene.
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
Goldoni—Pamela. I. 6.
Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
While you are emptying your colloquial pack,
The fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.
Holmes—Urania. A Rhymed Lesson. L. 439.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
Homer—Iliad. Bk. XXII. L. 169
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Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would
ask the number of the steps.
Douglas Jerrold—A Matter-of-Fact Man.
