Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The kola nut stays longer in the mouths of
those who value it.
The Kurds have no friends.
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
The labour is in itself a pleasure.
The labourer is worthy of his hire.
The lack of gold only a headache.
The laggard cow gets the sour grass.
The laird may be laird and need his hind's
help.
The lambskin is not worth the currying.
The lame goat does not take a siesta.
The lame jackass enjoys the journey.
The lame man laughs at the blind.
The lame man runs if he has to.
The lame runs if he has to.
The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen
the lance.
The land a man knows is his mother.
The land enriches not people who clear it,
but people who come.
The land is a chief, and a person is its lowly
servant.
The land is a mother that never dies.
The land is cultivated by its own oxen.
The land is dead.
The land is never devoid of counselors.
The land of marriage has this peculiarity:
That strangers are desirous of inhabiting
it, while its natural inhabitants would
gladly be exiled.
The land where the stones know you is
worth more than the land where the
people know you.
The langer we live we see the mae fairlies.
The langest day will have an end.
The lap of its owner is security enough for a
cat.
The larger a man's roof, the more snow it
collects.
The larger the body, the bigger the heart
The larger the ship, the larger the storm.
The last benefit is most remembered.
The last come is the best liked.
The last comer shuts the door.
The last comers are often the masters.
The last drop makes the cup run over.
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The last partridge to rise gets the most sticks
thrown at it.
The last partridge will take the most arrows.
The last shuts the door.
The last stole the sack.
The last straw breaks the camel’s back.
The last to breathe is the first to drown.
The late comer is ill lodged.
The latecomer is valued as nothing.
The later comer is ill lodged.
The later the evening, the fairer the
company.
The laugh is always on the loser.
The laughter of a child is the light of a
house.
The laughter of a child lights up the house.
The laughter of someone pining for his
beloved is like that of someone who is
always crying.
The laughter, the tears, and the song of a
woman are equally deceptive.
The law devised, its evasion contrived.
The law does not concern itself about trifles.
The law has a nose of wax.
The law helps those who watch, not those
who sleep.
The law is an ass
The law is good, but people are not.
The law is not made for the rich.
The law is three days older than the earth.
The law of requital of injury by injury.
The law says what the king pleases.
The lawsuit of a fool keeps the court all day.
The lawyer will extend the frontiers of a
fight.
The lawyer's pouch is a mouth of Hell.
The laying hen says: give me feed to fill my
beak and I'll give you eggs.
The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do
tomorrow.
The laziness of youths is worse than war.
The lazy is a brother of the begger.
The lazy man always does twice the work.
The lazy man is apt to be envious.