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

Petitioners for admittance into favour must 15 not harass the condescension of their benefactor. Burns.

Petits soins—Little attentions. Fr.

Petty laws breed great crimes. Ouida.

Peu d'hommes ont été admirés par leurs domestiques—Few men have been looked up to by their domestics. Montaigne.

Peu de bien, peu de soin—Little wealth, little care. Fr. Pr.

Peu de chose nous console, parceque peu de 20 chose nous afflige—Little consoles us because little afflicts us. Pascal.

Peu de gens savent être vieux—Few people know how to be old. La Roche.

Peu de gens sont assez sages pour préférer le blame qui leur est utile, à la louange qui les trahit—Few people are wise enough to prefer censure which may be useful, to flattery which may betray them. La Roche.

Peu de moyens, beaucoup d'effet—Simple means, great results. Fr. Pr.

Peu de philosophie mène à méspriser l'érudition; beaucoup de philosophie mène à l'estimer—A little philosophy leads men to despise learning; a great deal leads them to esteem it, Chamfort.