people do not lack strength; they lack will. 人们不缺力量，缺的是决心。
perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. 失败十九次，坚持而不动，待到二十次，大事就成功。
perseverance is vital to success. 不屈不挠是成功之本。
pitchers/walls h**e ears. 隔墙有耳。
pity is akin to love. 怜悯近乎爱情。
plants of learning must be watered with the rain of tears. 知识的幼苗要用泪雨来浇灌。
pleasant hours fly fast. 欢乐的时间过得快。
pleasing everybody is pleasing nobody. 讨好每个人，人人不讨好。
pleasure has a sting in its tail. 乐中必有苦。
plenty is no plague. 富裕绝非灾祸。
poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. 诗歌只不过是最美丽、最感人、最有力的说话方式，这也就是诗歌的价值。
poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. 诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。
politeness costs nothing and gains everything. 礼貌不费分文而可赢得一切。
politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way. 文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。
poor men's words h**e little weight. 人微言轻。
poverty breeds strife. 贫穷引起斗争。
poverty is apain, but no disgrace. 贫困是痛苦，但不是耻辱。
poverty is no shame, laziness is. 贫穷不害羞，懒惰才可耻。
poverty is no sin. 贫穷不是罪恶。
poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. 贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。
poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace. 贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。
poverty is the mother of all arts. 贫困乃一切艺术之源。
poverty is the mother of health. 缺乏是健康之母。
poverty is the reward of idleness. 贫穷是游手好闲的报应。
poverty is the root of all evils. 穷困是万恶之源。
poverty on an old man's back is a he**y burden. 老而贫穷，负担沈重。
poverty shows us who are our friends and who are our enemies. 贫困才能显出敌和友。
poverty tries friends. 贫穷考验朋友。
practice is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。
practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
practice what you preach. 言必行。
praise is not pudding. 恭维不是布丁。
praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 赞扬使好人更好，坏人更坏。
praise no man till he is dead. 盖棺论定。
preachers can talk but never teach, unless they practise what they preach. 说教的人不身体力行，就只能空谈，不能起教育作用。
prepare for a rain day. 未雨绸缪。
prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于**。
pride and grace dwelt never in one place. 傲慢和温雅决不会共处在一起。
pride apes humility. 大巧若拙。
pride goes before a fall. (or destruction). 骄兵必败。
pride goeth before, and shame cometh after. 骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至。
pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak. 骄傲可能披著老一套的外衣出现。
pride must be pinched. 骄傲必须收敛。
pride will h**e a fall. 骄者必败。
procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延即浪费时间。
progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. 进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。
promise is debt. 许愿就是债，欠了不容赖。
promise little but do much. 少许愿，多做事。
prosperity discovers vices and adversity virtues. 顺境显**，逆境见善性。
prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them. 顺境交朋友，逆境试真情。
proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. 谚语言短简，得自老经验。
proverbs are the cream of a nation's thought. 谚语是一国的思想精华。
proverbs are the wisdom of the ages. 谚语是时代的智慧。
prove thy friends ere thou h**e need. 需要朋友之前，先要加以考验。
provide for the worst, the best will s**e itself. 作最坏的准备，可以得到最好的结果。
providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 天公总是佑强者。
punctuality is the soul of business. 严守时间是办事情的重要原则。
purpose supposes foresight. 深谋远虑。
put not your hand between the bark and the tree. 少管闲事。
put (or lay or set) one's shoulder to the wheel. 出一把力。
put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置。
put the shoe on the right foot. 责备应受责备者，表扬应受表扬者。
obedience is the first duty of a soldier军人以服从命令为天职。
observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。
offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。
old friends and old wines are best.陈酒味醇，老友情深。
old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。
once a man and twice a child.一次老，两次小。
once a thief, always a thief.偷盗一次，做贼一世。
once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
one boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.
一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
one cannot put back the clock.时钟不能倒转。
one eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.百闻不如一见。
one false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
one good turn deserves another.行善积德。
one hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。
one man‘s fault is other man‘s lesson.前车之鉴。
one never loses anything by politeness.讲礼貌不吃亏。
one swallow does not make a summ一燕不成夏。
one‘s words reflect one‘s thinking.言为心声。
out of debt, out of danger.无债一身轻。
out of office, out of danger.无官一身轻。
out of sight, out of mind.眼不见，心为静。
patience is the best remedy.忍耐是良药。
penny wise, pound foolish.贪小便宜吃大亏。
plain dealing is praised more than practiced. 正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。
please the eye and plague the heart. 贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。
pleasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来。
pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。
practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
praise is not pudding.恭维话不能当饭吃。
praise makes good men better, and bad men worse. 好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。
prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。
prevention is better than cure.预防胜于**。
pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。
promise is debt.一诺千金。
proverbs are the daughters of daily experience.谚语是日常经验的结晶。
pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。
put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。
put your shoulder to the wheel.鼎力相助。
reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。
reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。
respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.要人尊敬，必须自重。
rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
seeing is believing.眼见为实。
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