2105 Latin Proverbs / Page 69
1361. Practice is better than theory.
1362. Practice is the best master.
1363. Practice makes perfect.
1364. Practise not your art, and 'twill soon depart.
1365. Praise a fair day at night.
1366. Precepts invite, but examples drag us to conclusions.
1367. Precepts may lead, but examples draw.
1368. Presents from an enemy must be received with suspicion.
1369. Presents more burdensome than profitable.
1370. Preserve the guns, but destroy the gunners.
1371. Presumption first blinds a man, and then sets him a running.
1372. Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.
1373. Promises must not fill the place of gifts.
1374. Promises, like pie crust, are made to be broken.
1375. Property is robbery.
1376. Providence assists not the idle.
1377. Providence crushes pride.
1378. Providence has not entirely deserted us.
1379. Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
1380. Providence is better than a rent.