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Proverbs starting with L

1: The truth is in the wine.
suggests that:

2: Last, but not least.
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3: Laugh and the world laughs with you
indicates that:

4: Laughter is the best medicine.
expresses that:

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

6: Learn to creep before you leap.
Meaning that you must:

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

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

9: Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
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10: Least said, soonest mended.
used to say that:

11: Let bygones be bygones
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12: Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
meaning:

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

14: Let sleeping dogs lie.
advices that:

15: Let the cobbler stick to his last
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16: Let well enough alone.
suggests that:

17: Liars need good memories.
in order:

18: Liberty is not licence.
said to mean:

19: Lies have short legs.
means that:

20: Life is but a span.
in other words:

21: Life is just a bowl of cherries
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22: Life is not a bed of roses.
used to say that:

23: Life is not all cakes and ale
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24: Like a cat on hot bricks.
said for :

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

26: Like begets like.
meaning:

27: Like draws to like.
meaning:

28: Like father, like son.
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29: Like master, like man.
suggests that:

30: Like mother, like daughter.
is said:

31: Like parents, like children.
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32: Little birds that can sing and won't sing must be made to sing.
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33: Little chips light great fires.
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34: Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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35: Little pigeons can carry great messages.
meaning that:

36: Little pitchers have long ears.
meaning:

37: Little strokes fell great oaks.
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38: Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
expresses that:

39: Little things amuse little minds.
expresses that:

40: Live and learn.
an expression:

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

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

43: Long absent, soon forgotten.
means that:

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

45: Look before you leap.
indicates that:

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

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

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

49: Love in a cottage.
expression about:

50: Love is blind.
meaning that:

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

52: Love will creep where it may not go.
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