Plurima mortis imago—Death in very many a form. Virg.
Plurima sont quæ / Non audent homines pertusa dicere læna—There are very many things that men, when their cloaks have got holes in them, dare not say. Juv.
Pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem. / Qui audiunt, audita dicunt: qui vident, plane sciunt—One eye-witness is better than ten from mere hearsay. Hearers can only tell what they heard. Those who see, know exactly. Plaut.
Plus aloes quam mellis habet—She has more of the aloe than the honey. Juv.
Plus dolet quam necesse est, qui ante dolet 15 quam necesse est—He who grieves before it is necessary, grieves more than is necessary.
Plus etenim fati valet hora benigni / Quam si nos Veneris commendet epistola Marti—A moment of smiling fortune is of more avail (to a soldier) than if he were recommended to Mars by an epistle from Venus. Juv.
Plus fait douceur que violence—Gentleness does more than violence. La Fontaine.
Plus impetus, majorem constantiam, penes miseros—We find greater violence and more perseverance among the wretched. Tac.
Plus in amicitia valet similitudo morum quam affinitas—Similarity of manners conduces more to friendship than relationship. Corn. Nep.
Plus in posse quam in actu—More in possibility 20 than actuality.