Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The paunch warm, the foot sleepy.
The payment adorns the debt.
The peacemaker dies, while the fighters
survive.
The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet.
The peacock hath fair feathers, but a foul
voice.
The pear does not fall far from the tree.
The pearls of a bride on her wedding day
are the tears that will be shed later.
The peasant is like the monk in many ways.
The peasant sweats and the nobleman is
always right.
The peasant will not cross himself before it
begins to thunder.
The pebble comes from the mountain.
The pebble in the brook secretly thinks itself
a precious stone.
The Peerage is the Englishman's Bible.
The pen can kill a man; no knife is needed.
The pen is mightier than sword
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen of the tongue should be dipped in
the ink of the heart.
The pen wounds deeper than an arrow.
The penalty attaching to evil deeds should
be thought of in time.
The pencil of God has no eraser.
The pencil of God has not an eraser.
The pensioner gets the wages of the death.
The peony is beautiful, yet it is supported by
a stalk.
The people make the town.
The people sitting in the free theater seats
are the first ones to boo.
The people want to be deceived.
The people who rescue and kill.
The people who steal your millet at night
are often the same people who help you
look for it the next morning.
The people who talk the best are not the
only ones who can tell you the most
interesting things.
The people's lord is their servant.
The people's voice is God's voice.
The perch has a good time, it drinks when it
wants to.
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The person afraid of bad luck will never
know good.
The person in a hurry usually arrives late.
The person of the greatest talk is the person
of the least work.
The person seeking India's riches must have
them within himself.
The person that learns well also defends
himself well.
The person that makes one basket can make
a hundred.
The person to whom things are brought
does not know the length of the road.
The person who admits ignorance shows it
once; the one who tries to hide it shows
it often.
The person who asks for little deserves
nothing.
The person who brings a story to you will
take away two from you.
The person who can see a house in China is
unaware of an elephant on his nose.
The person who deals in camels should
make the doors high.
The person who does not ask will never get
a bargain.
The person who does not listen to an elder's
advice gets his or her leg broken.
The person who doesn't scatter the morning
dew will not comb gray hairs.
The person who doubts nothing, knows
nothing.
The person who enjoys good health is rich,
even if he doesn't know it.
The person who gets stuck on trivial
prosperity will not attain great
prosperity.
The person who gives away his belongings
will slowly become a beggar.
The person who God shows a treasure to
must dig it out himself.
The person who guards himself will not be
destroyed.
The person who has an axe does not lack
firewood.