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Proverbs starting with P

1: Parents are patterns
means that:

2: Patience is a plaster for all sores.
meaning:

3: Pay beforehand was never well served
supposes that :

4: Pen is mightier than the sword.
suggests that:

5: Penny wise and pound foolish.
used for:

6: People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
said to mean that:

7: Pity is akin to love
suggests that:

8: Pity is akin to love.
suggests that:

9: Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
meaning:

10: Plenty is no plague.
states that:

11: Politeness costs little but yields much.
it means that:

12: Possession is nine points of the law
expression stating that:

13: Possession is nine points of the law
:

14: Poverty is no sin.
said to mean that:

15: Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.
used to say that:

16: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrrupts absolutely.
suggests that:

17: Practice makes perfect.
said to mean that:

18: Practice what you preach.
advice:

19: Praise the child and you make love to the mother.
suggests that:

20: pretty is as pretty does
The expression means :

21: Prevention is better than cure;
meaning that:

22: Pride feels no pain
suggests that:

23: Pride goes before a fall.
advises :

24: Pride goes before a fall.
warning that:

25: Problem shared is a problem halved.
used to say that:

26: Procrastination is the thief of time.
used to say that:

27: Promise is a debt.
said to mean that:

28: Promise little, but do much.
meaning:

29: Promises are like pie crust,
meaning:

30: Promises, like piecrust, are made to be broken.
suggests that:

31: Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them.
also:

32: Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
states that:

33: Punctuality is the politeness of kings
states that:

34: Punctuality is the soul of business.
underscores :

35: Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.
advices that:

36: Put your money where your mouth is,
used to say: