Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Pray for good harvest, but keep on hoeing.
Pray for revenge, and God will turn a deaf
ear.
Pray for those who are born into good
families, for those born into bad families
always manage to succeed.
Pray indeed, but get to work.
Pray once if you are going to fight, pray
twice if you are going to sail, and pray
thrice if you are going to get married.
Pray that you will never have to bear all that
you are able to endure.
Pray that you will never have to bear all that
you are able to endure.
Pray to God but continue to row to the
shore.
Pray to God for a good harvest, but keep on
hoeing.
Pray to God, but be level-headed.
Pray to God, but hammer away.
Pray to God, but keep on rowing to the
shore.
Pray to God, but keep rowing to the shore.
Pray to the saint until you have passed the
slough.
Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling
God what you want.
Prayer and practice is good rhyme.
Prayer from de mout' alone is no prayer.
Prayer is a wish turned upward.
Prayer is food for the soul.
Prayer is the pillow of religion.
Prayer knocks till the door opens.
Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer.
Prayers and tears don't stop you from
dying.
Prayers go up and blessings come down.
Praying kneads no dough.
Precaution said, Good friend, this counsel
keep: strip not yourself until you're laid
to sleep.
Precept guides, but example draws.
Precepts invite, but examples drag us to
conclusions.
Precepts may lead, but examples draw.
Precious ointments are put in small boxes.
Precious things are mostly in small compass.
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Precipitate counsel--perilous deed.
Prefer the leader who comes to you.
Pregnancy and fire cannot be kept secret.
Pregnancy could not be covered with the
hand.
Preists and Doves, make foul houses.
Premature purchase is repented.
Prepaid work is slow.
Prepare a nest for the hen and she will lay
eggs for you.
Prepare for the evil dog a dog who's equal
to it.
Prepare the fallow field well enough and
you'll be free to go off and gather the
hemp ties.
Prepare the sickles in May, use the sickles in
June, and in July carry the sickles to the
tool shed.
Prepare the umbrella before it rains.
Prepare your proof before you argue.
Prepare yourself for when the water comes
up to your knees.
Preparing cocoyams for planting does not
mean that they are already planted.
Preparing for the holiday is neither
enlightening nor lasting.
Prescribe the right medicine for a symptom.
Present Buddha with borrowed flowers.
Present to the eye, present to the mind.
Presents from an enemy must be received
with suspicion.
Presents keep friendships warm.
Presents make women affable, priests
indulgent, and the law crooked.
Presents more burdensome than profitable.
Preserve the guns, but destroy the gunners.
Presumption first blinds a man, and then
sets him a running.
Pretend that you are crazy, you will live.
Pretend to be dead and the bull will leave
you alone.
Pretend you are dead and you will see who
really loves you.
Pretend you're in great danger, and you'll
find out if you have any friends.