But I am trying to find a balance between insistence and compromise.
我正努力在执着与妥协之间找到平衡点。
Beggars must (should) be no choosers.
行乞的哪能挑肥拣瘦;饥不择食。
It was not forced upon them by the survival competition; they could have caught and lived on prey without using poison, just as the thousands of non-poisonous snakes still do.