Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The lazy man is living behind God's back.
The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade
says, "I hope I will not find one."
The lazy one is pregnant in the sowing sea-
son.
The lazy one stands up between one arm-
chair and another.
The lazy ox drinks dirty water.
The lazy pig does not eat ripe pears.
The lazy servant takes eight steps to avoid
one.
The lazy servant to save one step takes
eight.
The lazy sweat when they eat and complain
of the cold when they work.
The lazy work twice as much.
The lazybones must work twice.
The leader follows in front.
The leafiest tree doesn't always have the
juiciest fruit.
The lean dog is all fleas.
The learned are apt to be taciturn.
The least and weakest man can do some
hurt.
The least boy always carries the biggest
fiddle.
The leaves fall before the tree dies.
The leech that does not let go even when it
is filled, dies on the dry land.
The left hand washes the right and the right
washes the left.
The Lehua blossom unfolds when the rains
tread on it.
The length of the rope determines the
movement of the goat.
The Leopard belittles what his friend gets,
but his won he drags along.(Don’t speak
badly about other people’s small
achievements, when yours are just the
same.)
The leopard cannot change its spots.
The leopard does not change his spots.
The leopard does not eat fish.
The leopard does not sleep on a dry branch.
The leopard that covers its black spots with
hamaton dust solution will truly be
exposed when the rain season comes.
The leopard's skin is beautiful, but his heart
evil.
The less one thinks, the more one speaks.
The less people think, the more they talk.
The less power a man has, the more he likes
to use it.
The less said the sooner mended.
The less souls, the more joy.
The less soup, the more spoons.
The less things change, the more they
remain the same.
The less we know, the more we suspect.
The less wit a man has, the less he kens the
want o't.
The less wit a man has, the less he knows
that he wants it.
The less you know, the less you forget.
The less you know, the more soundly you
sleep.
The lesse play the better.
The letter enters with blood.
The liar is not believed when he speaks the
truth.
The liar is sooner caught than the cripple.
The liar will travel the world over, but
chooses not to go back home.
The liar's house burned, but nobody
believed it.
The liar's mother is a virgin.
The lice will roost on a dirty head.
The lie of the millionaire is more believable
than truth from a the beggar.
The life of a groundnut lies between two
shells.
The life of a guest is seven days.
The life of an old man can be compared with
the flame of a candle in a drought.
The life of the land is the life of the people.
The light heart lives long.
The light is painful to sore eyes.
The light of a thousand stars doesn't equal
the light of the moon.
The lightest is to be barefooted.
The lightly burdened shall be saved.
The limits is the starlit sky.
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