Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
The longest journey starts with a single step
The longest mile is the last mile home.
The longest road has an end and the
straightest road has an end.
The longest road is the one that leads to
your pocket.
The longest road out is the shortest road
home.
The longest way around is the shortest way
home.
The longest way round is the shortest way
home.
The look is is a look, but the meaning is
weak.
The looking glass is the enemy of ugly
women.
The loquacity of fools is a lecture to the
wise.
The Lord gives biscuits to he who has teeth.
The Lord gives cold according to one's
clothes.
The Lord gives to he who has no teeth.
The Lord tests those he loves.
The Lord will drench you with His showers,
but he will dry you with His sun.
The Lord will not fail to come, though he
may not come on horseback.
The loser is always laughed at.
The loss of one night's sleep is followed by
ten days of inconvenience.
The loss which your neighbour does not
know is no real loss.
The lotus flower blooms in the mud.
The lotus root may be severed, but its
fibered threads are still connected.
The lotus springs from the mud.
The loudest bark rids not a dog of his fleas.
The loudest bell does not always have the
sweetest tone.
The love of a soldier doesn't last long; when
the drum rolls; Good bye, dear lady.
The love of a stranger is like water in a
basket.
The love of a woman and a bottle of wine
are sweet for a season but last for a time.
The love of evil is the root of all money.
The love of money and the love of learning
570
rarely meet.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The love of the wicked is more dangerous
than their hatred.
The love that you die from is too big.
The loveliest faces are to be seen by
moonlight, when one sees half with the
eye and half with the fancy.
The loveliest of faces are to be seen by
moonlight, when one sees half with the
eye and half with the fancy.
The lover of a student does not always
become the wife of a graduate.
The lover who gives you her body but not
her heart is generous with thornless
roses.
The lowest fence is the easiest to get across.
The loyal man lives no longer than the
traitor pleases.
The luck of an ignoramus is this: He doesn't
know that he doesn't know.
The luck of idle men sits next to them.
The luck of the dog cannot make the goat
sleep outside. (You cannot get someone
else’s god fortune.)
The luckiest dies in his cradle.
The lucky eagle kills a mouse that has eaten
salt.
The lucky fellow loses his wife, the unlucky
fellow loses his horse.
The lucky man has a daughter for his first-
born.
The lucky man's enemy dies, and the
unlucky man's friend.
The lucky pennyworth sells soonest.
The macaco doesn't climb up the acacia tree
two times.
The mad dog bites its master.
The mad person saw the war. (Even the
lowly person can do great things.)
The madman often tells the truth.
The madman, who throws a stone into a
crowded market, forgets that his own
mother could be hit by his madness.
The madness of one makes many mad.
The mae the merrier, the fewer the better
cheer.