2214 French Proverbs / Page 72
1421.
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.1422.
People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.1423.
People lend only to the rich.1424.
People make the bells say what they please.1425.
People take more pains to be damned than to be saved.1426.
People who have bread to eat do not appreciate the severity of a famine.1427.
People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures.1428.
Pick and choose, and take the worst.1429.
Pills must be swallowed without chewing.1430.
Pity is akin to love.1431.
Policy goes beyond strength.1432.
Popularity is the small change of glory.1433.
Possession is as good as a title.1434.
Possession is nine points of the law.1435.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.1436.
Possession is the grave of pleasure.1437.
Poverty is a sort of leprosy.1438.
Poverty is not a vice.1439.
Praise the sea, and keep on land.1440.
Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling God what you want.