Example of English Proverbs Starting with the Letter 'P'
Packed like herrings.
Paddle your own boat.
Patience is a plaster for all sores.
Patience is a virtue.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
Plenty is no plague.
Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much.
Poverty is no sin.
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Practice makes perfect.
Practise what you preach.
Praise is not pudding.
Pride goes before a fall.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Promise is debt.
Promise little, but do much.
Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them.
Put not your hand between the bark and the tree.