充满智慧的英语谚语：服从是军人的第一职责8

Praise is not pudding.恭维不是布丁.

Praise makes good men better, and bad men worse.赞扬使好人更好，坏人更坏.

Praise no man till he is dead.盖棺论定.

Preachers can talk but never teach, Unless they practise what they preach.说教的人不身体力行，就只能空谈，不能起教育作用.

Prefer loss to unjust gain.宁可吃亏，不贪便宜。

Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗.

Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.傲慢和温雅决不会共处在一起.

Pride apes humility¹.大巧若拙.

Pride comes before a fall.骄兵必败.

Pride goes before a fall.骄者必败。

Pride goes before a fall. (or destruction).骄兵必败.

Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。

Pride goeth before, and shame cometh after.骄傲一开始，耻辱接踵至.

Pride may lurk² under a threadbare cloak.骄傲可能披著老一套的外衣出现.

Pride must be pinched.骄傲必须收敛.

Pride will have a fall.骄者必败.

Procrastination³ is the thief of time.拖延即浪费时间.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进展即今日的活动和明日的保证.

Promise is debt.许愿就是债，欠了不容赖.

Promise little and do much.少许愿，多干事。

Promise little but do much.少许愿，多做事.

Prosperity discovers vices⁴ and adversity virtues⁵.顺境显邪恶，逆境见善性.

Prosperity gains (or makes) friends, and adversity tries them.顺境交朋友，逆境试真情.

Prove thy friends ere thou have need.需要朋友之前，先要加以考验.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn⁶ from long experience.谚语言短简，得自老经验.