Proverbial Wisdom

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

571. A man may well bring a horse to the water,
But he cannot make him drinke without he will.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I Chap. XI

572. Avarice, the spur of industry.

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty

573. One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV

574. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Elegy in a Country Churchyard

575. The cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.

Old Spanish Proverb

Quoted by Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Essay XV, Of Seditions and Troubles

576. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.

Old Proverb