Proverbial Wisdom

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

733. A bad excuse is better, they say, than none at all.

Stephen Gosson (1554-1624)

The Schoole of Abuse

734. Beggars must not be choosers.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

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

735. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:13

736. We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I

737. Mock not the cobbler for his black thumbs.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State: Of Jesting.

738. He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Launcelot and Elaine.