A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

public see one does not WASH one’s dirty linen in public.
Any PUBLICITY is good publicity

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  1933 R. CHANDLER in Black Mask Dec. 26 Rhonda Farr said: ‘Publicity, darling. Just publicity. Any kind is better than none at all.’ 1974 P. CAVE Dirtiest Picture Postcard xiv. Haven’t you ever heard the old adman’s adage.. ‘any publicity is good publicity’? 1986 ‘C. AIRD’ Dead Liberty xii. Bill wasn’t too worried. Like the old trouper he is, he insisted that all publicity is good publicity. 2002 Washington Times 9 May C8 Mike Tyson may have disproved the adage that any publicity is good publicity. ■ public relations
  

pudding see the PROOF of the pudding is in the eating.
puddle see the SUN loses nothing by shining into a puddle.
It is easier to PULL down than to build up

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  1577 R. STANYHURST Hist. Ireland in Holinshed Chronicles 89 It is easie to raze, but hard to buylde. 1587 J. BRIDGES Defence of Government in Church of England VI. 518 We may quicklier pull downe with one hande, than wee can easilie builde againe with both. 1644 J. HOWELL Dodona’s Grove 134 In politicall affaires, as well as mechanicall, it is farre easier to pull downe, then build up. 1909 Times 29 Apr. 9 Turkey and her new rulers.. have astonished those who thought they knew the Turks best by..the vigour..with which the great change has been conducted. .. But it is easier always and everywhere to pull down than to build up. 1932 C. BROGAN Ghost Walks 22 Some of the local boys tried it in the usual way. You know the kind of thing ‘...the fair fame of our city is impugned, the great achievements of our forefathers are being distorted by a morbid mind, it is easier to knock down than build up,’ and so on. "destruction
  

PUNCTUALITY is the politeness of princes
Fr. l’exactitude est la politesse des rois, punctuality is the politeness of kings (attributed to Louis XVIII, 1755-1824).

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