Procul a Jove, procul a fulmine.—Far from Jove, far from his thunderbolts. Pr.
Procul O! procul este, profani—Away, I pray 45 you; keep off, ye profane. Virg.
Prodesse quam conspici—To be of service rather than to be conspicuous. M.
Prodigus et stultus donat quæ spernit et odit. / Hæc seges ingratos tulit, et feret omnibus annis—The spendthrift and fool gives away what he despises and hates. This seed has ever borne, and will bear, an ungrateful brood. Hor.
Productions (of a certain artistic quality) are at present possible which are nought (Null) without being bad—nought, because there is nothing in them, and not bad, because a general form after some good model has hovered vaguely (vorschwebt) before the mind of the author. Goethe.
Profaneness is a brutal vice; he who indulges in it is no gentleman. Chapin.
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing 50 and appreciating either diamonds in the rough state or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical laboratory has scales and weights, but neither crucible nor touchstone. Joubert.
Proffered service stinks, i.e., is not appreciated. Pr.
Profligacy consists not in spending years of time or chests of money, but in spending them off the line of your career. Emerson.
Profound joy has more of severity than gaiety in it. Montaigne.