English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with L

70 entries beginning with the letter L.

L — Proverbs and Sayings

70 total
1
Last, but not least.
importance
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2
Laugh and the world laughs with you
happiness
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3
Laughter is the best medicine.
laughter
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4
Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.
law
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5
Learn to creep before you leap.
consequences
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6
Learn to say before you sing.
success
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7
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
wisdow
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8
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
education
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9
Learning is better than house and land
learning
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10
Least said, soonest mended.
discussion
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11
Leave well alone
interfere
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12
Lend your money and lose your friend
friendship
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13
Less is more
less
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14
Let bygones be bygones
forgotten
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15
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
praise
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16
Let not the pot call the kettle black
criticize
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17
Let sleeping dogs lie.
ignoring
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18
Let the cobbler stick to his last
work
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19
Let well enough alone.
change
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20
Liars need good memories.
lies
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21
Liberty is not licence.
freedom
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22
Lies have short legs.
lies
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23
Life is but a span,
life
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24
Life is just a bowl of cherries
life
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25
Life is not a bed of roses.
life
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26
Life is not all cakes and ale
life
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27
Life isn't all beer and skittles
difficulty
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28
Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
happening
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29
Like a cat on hot bricks.
anxiety
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30
Like a needle in a haystack.
find
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31
Like begets like.
similarity
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32
Like breeds like
similarity
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33
Like draws to like.
similarity
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34
Like father, like son.
similarity
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35
Like master, like man.
resemblance
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36
Like mother, like daughter.
resemblance
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37
Like parents, like children.
similarity
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38
Like people like priest
leader
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39
Like will to like
similarity
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40
Listeners never hear any good of themselves
listen
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41
Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.
guideness
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42
Little chips light great fires.
action
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43
Little fish are sweet
little
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44
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
knowledge
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45
Little leaks sink the ship
little
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46
Little pigeons can carry great messages.
help
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47
Little pitchers have long ears.
hear
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48
Little strokes fell great oaks.
achievement
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49
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
punishment
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50
Little things amuse little minds.
important
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51
Live and learn.
learning
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52
Live and let live.
live
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53
Live not to eat, but eat to live.
eating
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54
Long absent, soon forgotten.
absence
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55
Long foretold, long lastq short notice, soon past
weather
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56
Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.
think
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57
Look before you leap.
think
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58
Lookers-on see more than players.
see
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59
Loose lips sink ships.
disclosure
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60
Lost time is never found again.
time
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