Proverbial Wisdom

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

445. A man is never too old to learn.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I

446. No man’s a faithful judge in his own cause.

Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

The Bashful Lover (Alonzo), Act II, Scene VII

447. Faint is the bliss, that never past thro’ pain.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love in a Riddle (Iphis), Act III, Scene II

448. That man that hath a tongue I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine),
Act III, Scene I

449. Great joys, like griefs, are silent.

Shakerley Marmion (1603-1639)

Holland’s Leaguer (Philautus), Act V, Scene I

450. Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, CXXXI