Proverbial Wisdom

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

463. Remorse begets reform.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk V, line 618

464. It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

465. Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

Emblems, Bk I, No. 7

466. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX

467. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays, On the Clerical Character

468. By the bird’s song ye may learn the nest.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Geraint and Enid