Proverbial Wisdom

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.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

The Relapse (Worthy), Act V, Scene IV

458. A man is never too old to learn.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

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.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay V, Of Adversity

460. On adamant our wrongs we all engrave,
But write our benefits upon the wave.

William King (1663-1712)

The Art of Love, line 971

461. Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

The Virtuous Lady. Of Books

462. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III