Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
457.
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy;
But sin no more’s a task too hard for mortals.
The Relapse (Worthy), Act V, Scene IV
458. A man is never too old to learn.
Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I
459. Virtue is like pretious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed; for Prosperity doth best discover vice; but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
Essay V, Of Adversity
460.
On adamant our wrongs we all engrave,
But write our benefits upon the wave.
The Art of Love, line 971
461. Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
The Virtuous Lady. Of Books
462. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III