Prophete rechts, Prophete links / Das Weltkind in der Mitten—Prophets to right, prophets to left, the world-child between. Goethe.
Propositi tenax—Tenacious of my purpose. M.
Propriæ telluris herum natura, neque illum, / Nec me, nec quemquam statuit. Nos expulit ille: / Illum aut nequities, aut vafri inscitia juris, / Postremo expellet certe vivacior hæres—Nature has appointed neither him nor me, nor any one, lord of this land in perpetuity. That one has ejected us; either some villany or quirk at law, at any rate, an heir surviving him, will at last eject him. Hor.
Propriety of thought and propriety of diction 15 are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Macaulay.
Proprio motu—Of his own motion; spontaneously.
Proprio vigore—Of one's own strength.
Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris—It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged. Tac.
Proque sua causa quisque disertus erat—Every one was eloquent in his own cause. Ovid.
Prose, words in their best order; poetry, the 20 best words in the best order. Coleridge.
Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise. Pr.