Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
A poor person is often worthy.
A poor person isn’t he who has little, but he
who needs a lot.
A poor workman always blames his tools
A poor workman blames his tools.
A porcupine speaking to its baby says, “O
my child of velvet.”
A portly woman is always the best cook.
A Portuguese apprentice who can’t sew, yet
would be cutting out.
A postern door makes a thief.
A postponement till morning, a
postponement forever.
A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.
A pot that build attracts the cook.
A pot that over boils attracts the cook.
A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested
in her clay pots isn’t much of a
merchant.
A potter eats from a broken piece of his
pots.
A potter eats from a potsherd.
A pound a fret can’t pay an ounce a debt.
A pound of care will not pay a pound of
debt.
A pound’s worth of tears will not settle a
penny’s worth of debt.
A powerful deity is the one to whom sacri-
fices are offered.
A powerful man has big ears.
A praying pirate is definitely a sign of
danger.
A precipice in front of you, and wolves
behind you; that is life.
A precipice is in front, a wolf behind.
A pregnant woman cannot claim to be a
virgin.
A Presbyterian minister had a son who was
made Archdeacon of Ossery; when this
was told to his father, he said, ‘If my son
will be a knave, I am glad that he will be
an archknave.’
A pretty basket does not prevent worries.
A pretty face and fine clothes do not make
character.
A pretty person looks pretty in every
clothing.
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A priest blesses his own bread first.
A priest is a man who is called Father by
everyone except his own children who
are obliged to call him Uncle.
A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer
at their worst, but a doctor sees them as
they really are.
A priest with lice in his beard brings bad
luck everywhere he travels.
A priest’s beard is always soaked in butter.
A priest’s belly is made up of several
sheepskins.
A priest’s pocket is not easily filled.
A prince without ears to listen has no head
to govern.
A princely mind will undo a private family.
A problem does not come alone.
A problem is solved when it gets tougher.
A problem shared is a problem halved
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain; and
the best promise is that which has been
proved by rain.
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is the rain.
A promise is a debt.
A promise is a nice word, if kept then it is
all right.
A proof of faith is obedience.
A prophet has no honour in his own
country.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land
A prophet is not without honor save in his
own country.
A proposal without patience breaks its own
heart.
A prospering man should remain at home.
A protruding post is hammered down.
A proud heart can survive a general failure
because such a failure does not prick its
pride.
A proud heart in a poor breast, has meikle
dolour to dree.
A proud mind and an empty purse gree ill
thegither.