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

Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings. H. R. Haweis.

Precious ointments are put in small boxes. Pr.

Predominant opinions are generally the 5 opinions of the generation that is vanishing. Disraeli.

Prefer loss before unjust gain; for that brings grief but once, this for ever. Chilo.

Prejudice is a prophet which prophesies only evil. Pr.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. Hazlitt.

Prejudice squints when it looks, and lies when it talks. Duchess d'Abrantes.

Prejudice, which he pretends to hate, is man's 10 absolute lawgiver; mere use-and-wont everywhere leads him by the nose: thus let but a rising of the sun, let but a creation of the world happen twice, and it ceases to be marvellous, to be noteworthy or noticeable. Carlyle.

Prendre la clef des champs—To run away (lit. take the key of the fields). Fr. Pr.

Prendre les choses au pis—To regard matters in the most unfavourable light. Fr.