Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of
America and fell on their knees; then
they fell upon the aborigines.
The pillar of the world is hope.
The pine stays green in winter...Wisdom in
hardship.
The pipe is nearer than the wife.
The Piper wants meikle, that wants the
nether chafts.
The pit allows the grass to fall in.
The pitcher doth not go so often to the well,
but it comes home broken at last.
The pitcher goes often to the well and gets
broken at last.
The pitcher goes so long to the well, until it
breaks.
The pitcher goes so often to the well that it
comes home broken at last.
The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it
gets broken at last.
The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it
leaves its handle or its mouth.
The pitcher that goes often to the fountain
leaves there either its handle or its spout.
The pitcher that goes often to the well leaves
either its handle or its spout there.
The pitcher that goes too often to the well is
broken at last.
The pitcher will go to the well once too
often.
The place honors not the man; it is the man
who honors the place.
The place of an unbidden guest is behind
the door.
The place of your birth is less important
than how you live.
The place to use the club and the above
arrow are not the same.
The place where you are happy is better
than the place you were born.
The plagiarist turns the body inside-out and
changes the bones.
The plan executed, reason comes to our
assistance.
The plant God favors will grow even
without rain.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
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The pleasure of doing good is the only one
that will not wear out.
The pleasure of finding something is worth
more than what you find.
The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, the
pain of love lasts a lifetime.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by
coveting more.
The pleasures of love are enhanced by
injuries.
The pleasures of the mighty are the tears of
the poor.
The pleasures we enjoy are lost by coveting
more.
The plumber's house always leaks.
The point in question is yet undecided.
The point of the thorn is small, but hw who
has felt it does not forget it.
The poison for a word is a word.
The poison of asps is under their lips.
The pole of his cart is pointing outwards.
The pool has dried up, and the fish is in
trouble.
The poor always smell.
The poor and wretched man has long days.
The poor are excused from washing with
soap.
The poor are the needy.
The poor can only guess at what wealth is;
the rich don't know what poverty means.
The poor can't afford to buy cheap.
The poor didn't have but gave to charity.
The poor eat meat when they bite their
tongues.
The poor fool is a man who falls on his back
and breaks his nose.
The poor have no time to spare.
The poor is hated by his neighbour, but the
rich hath many friends.
The poor is not believed.
The poor lack much, but the greedy lack
more.
The poor looks for food and the rich man for
appetite.
The poor man and the rich man do not play
together.