Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Poverty without debt is real wealth.
Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head;
dignity won't allow him to bow it down.
Power acquired by guilt was never used for
a good purpose.
Power attracts the corruptible.
Power corrupts.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts
absolutely.
Power is strengthened by union.
Power lasts ten years; influence not more
than a hundred.
Power often goes before talent.
Practice does not make perfect but a perfect
practice makes perfect.
Practice gives skill.
Practice is better than theory.
Practice is the best master.
Practice makes perfect.
Practice makes permanent.
Practice makes the master.
Practice no vice because it's trivial; neglect
no virtue because it's so.
Practice not your art, and it will soon depart.
Practice thrift or else you’ll drift.
Practice what you preach.
Practice with the left hand while the right is
still there.
Practise not your art, and 'twill soon depart.
Practise what you preach.
Praise a fair day at night.
Praise a fair day in the evening.
Praise a fine day at night.
Praise a fool, and you may make him useful.
Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very
sorry praise.
Praise day at even, a wife when dead, a
weapon when tried, a maid when
married, ice when 'tis crossed, and ale
when 'tis drunk.
Praise gets closer than blame.
Praise in own mouth is insult.
Praise is easier got than kept.
Praise is not pudding.
Praise is the hire of virtue.
Praise makes a bad man worse.
Praise makes good men better and bad men
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worse.
Praise makes good people better and bad
people worse.
Praise makes the good man better, blame
makes the bad one worse.
Praise me here, killed the chief. (The desire
to appear like a person of knowledge in
regard to someone else’s business will
result in pain.)
Praise me, praise me, soiled his underpants.
(Don’t boast as you may become
ashamed.)
Praise no man till he is dead.
Praise of the moon the god.
Praise paves the way to friendship.
Praise the child, and you make love to the
mother.
Praise the day at sunset.
Praise the fine day in the evening.
Praise the ford when you have crossed it.
Praise the hill, but keep below.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Praise the ripe field, not the green corn.
Praise the sea but hang on to the land.
Praise the sea, but keep on land.
Praise the young and they will blossom.
Praise the young and they will make
progress.
Praise the youth and they will come.
Praise to the face is open disgrace.
Praise undeserved is satire in disguise.
Praise without profit puts little in the
pocket.
Praise your horse tomorrow, your son when
he has a beard, your daughter when she
is married and yourself never.
Praise yourself, basket, for I want to sell
you.
Praise youth and it will prosper.
Praising is not loving.
Pray and work.
Pray as though no work could help, and
work as though no prayer could help.
Pray for a good harvest, but keep on hoeing.