Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Paucis carior est fides quam pecunia—To few is good faith more than valuable money. Sall., of his own times.

Paul Pry is on the spy. Pr.

Paullatim—By degrees. M.

Paulum sepultæ distat inertiæ / Celata virtus—Worth that is hidden differs little from buried sloth. Hor.

Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetit usus. / 45 Si ventri bene, si lateri pedibusque tuis, nil / Divitiæ poterunt regales addere majus—That man is not poor who has a sufficiency for all his wants. If it is well with your stomach, your lungs, and your feet, the wealth of kings can add no more. Hor.

Pauper sum, fateor, patior; quod Di dant fero—I am poor, I admit; I put up with it. What the gods give I bear with. Plaut.

Pauper ubique jacet—Everywhere the poor man is despised. Ovid.

Pauperism is our social sin grown manifest. Carlyle.

Pauperism is the general leakage through every joint of the ship that is rotten. Carlyle.

Paupertas est, non quæ pauca possidet, sed 50 quæ multa non possidet—Poverty is not possessing few things, but lacking many things. Sen.