Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The lion and the lamb shall lie down
together, but the lamb won't get much
sleep.
The lion basks in the rays of the giraffes sun.
The lion believes that everyone shares his
state of mind.
The lion does not turn around when a small
dog barks.
The lion had need of the mouse.
The lion is known by his claws.
The lion is known by the scratch of his
claws.
The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
The lion loves fish, but hates wet feet.
The lion may be king of the jungle but he
knows, he shouldn't stand in the way of
the elephant.
The lion said: I am the best one to take care
of my business.
The lion which moves silently is the one that
eats meat.
The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.
The lion's power lies in our fear of him.
The list is worse than the cloth.
The listener makes the backbiter.
The little alms are the good alms.
The little bird that flaps its wings too much
will spoil them.
The little birds have god for their caterer.
The little cannot be great unless he devour
many.
The little devil is hiding in me.
The little hemlock is sister to the great
hemlock.
The little pot is soonest hot.
The little puppy said: "If I fall down and roll
over for you, and you fall down and roll
over for me, then we are playing.
However, if I fall down and roll over for
you, but you do not fall down and roll
over for me, then that's a fight."
The lives of doctors, the souls of priests, and
the property of lawyers, are in great
danger.
The living are denied a table; the dead get a
whole coffin.
The living is more important than the dead.
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The living who is absent is like a dead man.
The lizard said he would have loved to sit
down but for the slight inconvenience of
its tail.
The lizard says that he knows the condition
of his underbelly. The reason he has it
pressed against the ground.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko
tree said he would praise himself if no
one else did.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko
tree to the ground said he would praise
himself if no one else did.
The lizard that lives high up in Iroko tree
does not hear the lions roar.
The lizard would like to stand erect, but his
tail will not permit him.
The locksmith is the guilty one, but the
blacksmith hangs.
The locusts do not devour only your
neighbors field.
The loftier and more distant the ideal, the
greater its power to lift up the soul.
The loftiest towers rise from the ground.
The lone sheep is in danger of the wolf.
The lone wolf may yet kill as many deer as a
pack.
The lonely person is at home everywhere.
The long awaited Easter feast is over in one
day.
The long nosed rat does not bear an owl.
(Children emulate what their parents
do.)
The longer the blind live, the more they see.
The longer the night lasts, the more our
dreams will be.
The longer the way, the more tired the man.
The longer we live, the more farlies we see.
The longer we live, the more wonders we
see.
The longer you live the more you suffer.
The longest at the fire soonest finds cold.
The longest day soon comes to an end.
The longest day will come to an end.