Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Provide for the worst; the best can take care
of itself.
Providence assists not the idle.
Providence crushes pride.
Providence has not entirely deserted us.
Providence is always on the side of the big
battalions.
Providence is better than a rent.
Providence may delay, but punishment will
come at length.
Providence our herald, no barrier can
oppose us.
Providence provides but short horns for the
fierce ox.
Providence tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb.
Providential aid at a critical moment.
Provision in season makes a rich house.
Provision in season makes a rich meason.
Prudence and strength combined.
Prudence availeth more than strength.
Prudence is the charioteer of all virtues.
Prudent men choose frugal wives.
Prudent men woo thrifty women.
Prudent pauses forward business.
Prune cherry and fig trees mercilessly.
Prune the vines on the January moon if you
want to fill the casks.
Prying with sidelong glance into other
people's business.
Public before private and country before
family.
Public money is like holy water, every one
helps himself to it.
Pudden cyaa bake widout fiah.
Puddings and Paramours would be hotly
handled.
Puddins and paramours should be hetly
handled.
Puff not against the wind.
Puffed goods are putrid.
Pull a strand of silk from a tangled mass.
Pull gently at a weak rope.
Pull out the beak and the tail gets stuck, pull
out the tail and the beak gets stuck.
Pull someone by the ears and his head will
follow.
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Pulled too far, a rope ends up breaking.
Pulling the devil by the leg is a bad grip.
Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far
young or old.
Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Punctuality is the politeness of princes.
Punctuality is the sole of business.
Punishment awaits all offences.
Punishment awaits crime.
Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives.
Pure gold does not fear furnace.
Pure gold does not fear the smelter.
Pursue that course which offers most
advantages, habit will soon make it
agreeable and easy.
Pursue your duties and don't let them
pursue you.
Push the stone to the top of the mountain.
Puss an' Dog noh have di same luck.
Put a beggar into your barn and he will
make himself your heir.
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to
hell.
Put a begger on horseback, and he will ride
fast, or else break his neck.
Put a coward to his metal an' he'll fight the
de'il.
Put a heavy load on an old donkey.
Put a riddle to a fool a clever person will
solve it.
Put a rope around your neck and many will
be happy to drag you along.
Put a stout heart to a steep hill.
Put a stout heart to a stey brae.
Put an Irishman on the spit, and you can
always get another Irishman to baste
him.
Put another way, satan is a person's wish to
do evil.
Put by for a rainy day.
Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes
very much like a black raspberry.