Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
Labour conquers all things.
Labour has a bitter root, but a sweet taste.
Labour is light where love pays.
Labour warms, sloth harms.
Lack of bread forces one to work.
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have
money at your disposal, every dog and
goat will claim to be related to you.
Lack of resource has hanged many a person.
Lack of unity made the papyrus burn when
there was plenty of water.
Ladies in slacks should not turn their backs.
Lads will be men.
Laith to bed and laith to rise.
Laith to bed, laith out of it.
Laith to the drink, laith fra it.
Lambs don't runs with the mouth of the
sleeping wolf.
Land is permanent, man disappears.
Landing a single punch on your enemies
nose is more satisfying than hearing well
-intentioned advice from your elders.
Lang ere ye saddle a foal.
Lang fasting hains nae meat.
Lang leal, lang poor.
Lang look'd for comes at last.
Lang straes are nae motes, quo' the wife
when she haul'd the eat out o' the kirn.
Lang straes are nae mots.
Lang tarrying taks a' the thanks awa'.
Langest at the fire soonest finds cauld
Language is not plain.
Languages differ but coughs are the same.
Large demands on oneself and little
demands on others keep resentment at
bay.
Large desire is endless poverty.
Large desire is endless poverty.
Large thongs of another man's leather.
Large trees are envied by the wind.
Large trees give more shade than fruit.
Lasses and glasses are always in danger.
Last in bed, best heard.
Last night I made a thousand plans, but this
morning I went my old way.
Last ship, best ship.
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Lata is long and dreigh.
Late children are early orphans.
Late fruit keeps well.
Late hours and love and wine lead not to
moderation in anything.
Late is worth more than never.
Late marriages, premature orphans.
Late repentance is rarely sincere.
Late repentance is seldom worth much.
Latecomers see the least.
Lateness made the crab miss out on getting a
neck. (Delaying is not good because It
will make you fail to get things.)
Latin hides the stupidity of the priest.
Latinum lasts longer than lust.
Laugh and everyone sees it, cry and no one
sees it.
Laugh and grow fat.
Laugh and show your ignorance.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep
and you weep alone.
Laugh at leisure ye may greet ere night.
Laugh at the rice and you will weep for the
lentil.
Laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before
lunch.
Laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before
supper.
Laugh better he who laughs last.
Laugh till you cry, sorrow till you die.
Laugh with those that laugh.
Laugh, and lay down again.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
weep, and you weep alone.
Laugh, if you are wise.
Laughing for no reason is rude.
Laughing is not always the proof of a mind
at ease.
Laughing wife, crying purse.
Laughter abounds in the mouths of fools.
Laughter can be heard further than
weeping.
Laughter cannot bring back what anger has
driven away.
Laughter does wonders for the heart.