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Proverbs starting with L

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advices that:

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means that:

3: Last, but not least.
said for :

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

5: Laughter is the best medicine.
expresses that:

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

7: Learn to creep before you leap.
meaning:

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

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

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

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

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

13: Leave well alone
phrase meaning:

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

15: Less is more
a phrase suggesting that:

16: Let bygones be bygones
means that:

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

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

19: Let sleeping dogs lie.
advices that:

20: Let the cobbler stick to his last
it suggests:

21: Let well enough alone.
suggests that:

22: Liars need good memories.
in order:

23: Liberty is not licence.
said to mean:

24: Lies have short legs.
means that:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33: Like begets like.
meaning:

34: Like breeds like
idiom meaning that:

35: Like draws to like.
meaning:

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

37: Like master, like man.
suggests that:

38: Like mother, like daughter.
is said:

39: Like parents, like children.
emphasizes that :

40: Like people like priest
said to mean that:

41: Like will to like
idiom meaning that:

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

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

44: Little chips light great fires.
means that:

45: Little fish are sweet
meaning that:

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

47: Little leaks sink the ship
declares that:

48: Little pigeons can carry great messages.
conveys the idea that:

49: Little pitchers have long ears.
warns :

50: Little strokes fell great oaks.
means that:

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

52: Little things amuse little minds.
indicates that:

53: Live and learn.
an expression:

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

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

56: Long absent, soon forgotten.
means that:

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

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

59: Look before you leap.
indicates that:

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

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

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

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

64: Love begets love
meaning that:

65: Love in a cottage.
depicts:

66: Love is blind
exprression suggesting that:

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

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

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

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

71: Love will find the way
meaning that:

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