Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance
The prickly branches of the palm tree do not
show preference even to friends.
The prickly pear has company only when it
bears fruit.
The pride of the poor does not endure.
The pride of women and the pride of priests.
The priest covers the chalice and we must
cover each other.
The priest does not eat pilav every day.
The priest errs at the altar.
The priest loves his flock, but the lambs
more than the wethers.
The priest to his book, the peasant to his
plough.
The priest's friend loses his faith, the
doctor's his health, and the lawyer's his
fortune.
The prince is never guilty in his father's
court.
The prior said to the abbess: without money
no Mass will be sung.
The problem that has no name--which is
simply the fact that American women
are kept from growing to their full
human capacities--is taking a far greater
toll on the physical and mental health of
our.
The problem with the palace attendant isn't
how to steal the king's drums but where
to play them from.
The process of eating is not taught to a child.
The prolonged visit of no guest is pleasant.
The promises of love and the smoke of a
chimney, washed by water and blown
away by the wind.
The proof of the pudding is eating it.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The property of a helpless man must nit be
divided before his death.
The proportion of things thrill the eye.
The prosperity of a country is in accordance
with its treatment of the aged.
The prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
The proverb cannot be bettered.
The provision for tomorrow belongs to
tomorrow.
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The provoking pertinacity of a fly.
The prudent embark when the sea is calm --
the rash when it's stormy.
The pubic hair of a woman mounting is
stronger than two pairs of ox
descending.
The public improves the speaker's speech.
The public is an animal with many heads.
The public pays with ingratitude.
The puff adder that cannot fly has caught
the hornbill that flies.
The pumpkin gives birth and the fence has
the trouble.
The pumpkin vine never bears
watermelons.
The punishment of a liar is that he is never
believed, even when he speaks the truth.
The pure, upon seeing it pure, call it pure.
The purest people are the ones with good
manners.
The purpose consecrates the means.
The purpose sanctifies the means.
The purse of loved ones is tied with a
gossamer thread.
The pursued runs on four feet, the pursuer
on two.
The quail waits for the stick; the idle loiterer
about a place waits for a kick from an old
boot.
The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
The quarrel of the sheep doesn't concern the
goats.
The quarrel that doesn't concern you is
pleasant to hear about.
The queen ant feeds on its own ants.
The queen bee has no sting.
The quick one may not win; the enduring
one will.
The quickest way to double your money is
to fold it over and put it back in your
pocket.
The quiet pigs eat all the draff.
The quince is for fiancees who are fighting
and the azarole for good people.