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Proverbs starting with L

1: Last, but not least.
said for :

2: Laugh and the world laughs with you
indicates that:

3: Laughter is the best medicine.
expresses that:

4: Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.
implies that:

5: Learn to creep before you leap.
meaning:

6: Learn to say before you sing.
said to mean that:

7: Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
advices to:

8: Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
said to mean:

9: Learning is better than house and land
meaning that:

10: Least said, soonest mended.
used to say that:

11: Leave well alone
phrase meaning:

12: Lend your money and lose your friend
states that:

13: Less is more
a phrase suggesting that:

14: Let bygones be bygones
means that:

15: Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
meaning:

16: Let not the pot call the kettle black
indicates that:

17: Let sleeping dogs lie.
advices that:

18: Let the cobbler stick to his last
used to mean that:

19: Let well enough alone.
suggests that:

20: Liars need good memories.
in order:

21: Liberty is not licence.
said to mean:

22: Lies have short legs.
means that:

23: Life is but a span,
in other words:

24: Life is just a bowl of cherries
used to say that:

25: Life is not a bed of roses.
used to say that:

26: Life is not all cakes and ale
said to mean that:

27: Life isn't all beer and skittles
suggests that:

28: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
suggests that:

29: Like a cat on hot bricks.
said for :

30: Like a needle in a haystack.
expression said when:

31: Like begets like.
meaning:

32: Like breeds like
idiom meaning that:

33: Like draws to like.
meaning:

34: Like father, like son.
said to mean that:

35: Like master, like man.
suggests that:

36: Like mother, like daughter.
is said:

37: Like parents, like children.
emphasizes that :

38: Like people like priest
said to mean that:

39: Like will to like
idiom meaning that:

40: Listeners never hear any good of themselves
suggests that:

41: Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.
suggests that:

42: Little chips light great fires.
means that:

43: Little fish are sweet
meaning that:

44: Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
suggests that:

45: Little leaks sink the ship
declares that:

46: Little pigeons can carry great messages.
meaning that:

47: Little pitchers have long ears.
meaning:

48: Little strokes fell great oaks.
means that:

49: Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
expresses that:

50: Little things amuse little minds.
expresses that:

51: Live and learn.
an expression:

52: Live and let live.
is used to say that:

53: Live not to eat, but eat to live.
expression that :

54: Long absent, soon forgotten.
means that:

55: Long foretold, long lastq short notice, soon past
suggests about :

56: Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.
means that:

57: Look before you leap.
indicates that:

58: Lookers-on see more than players.
suggests that:

59: Loose lips sink ships.
used to say that:

60: Lost time is never found again.
implies that:

61: Love and a cough cannot be hid.
declares that:

62: Love begets love
meaning that:

63: Love in a cottage.
expression about:

64: Love is blind
exprression suggesting that:

65: love makes the world go round.
states that:

66: Love me, love my dog.
informs that:

67: Love my little, love me long
suggests that:

68: Love will creep where it may not go.
used to mean that:

69: Love will find the way
meaning that:

70: Lucky at cards, unlucky in love
suggests that: