Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

1321. Beggars must not be choosers.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I

1322. Remorse begets reform.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk V, line 618

1323. There is nothing on earth so lowly, but duty giveth it importance; No station so degrading, but it is ennobled by obedience.

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889)

Proverbial Philosophy, of Subjection, 155

1324. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

1325. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)

Speech on the Indian Bill. Nov. 1783

1326. The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom ’t were gross flattery to name a coward.

John Tobin (1770-1804)

The Honeymoon, Act II, Scene I