Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases - Part 21
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948. LIBERAL. The liberal man deviseth liberal things.

949. LIBERTY. Too much liberty spoils all.

950. LIE. One lie makes many.

951. LIES. He lies as fast as a dog can trot.

952. LIFE. Life is full of hazards, which experience neither bought nor taught will always enable us to foresee.

953. LIFE. Life is half spent before we know what it is.

954. LIFE. Life is sweet.

955. LIFE. Life lies not in living, but in liking.

956. LIFE. While there's life there's hope.

957. LIGHT. He stands in his own light.

958. LIGHT. Every light has its shadow.

959. LIGHT. Every light is not the sun.

960. LIGHT GAINS. Light gains make a heavy purse.

961. LIKE. As like as two peas.

962. LIKE. Every one as they like best, as the good man said when he kissed his cow.

963. LIKE. Like father like son.

964. LIKE. Like will to like.

965. LION. The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.

966. LIPS. Lips however rosy must be fed.

967. LISTENERS. Listeners never hear good of themselves.

968. LITTLE. Little and often fills the purse.

969. LITTLE. Little mother, little daughter.

970. LITTLE BIRDS. Little birds may peck a dead lion.

971. LITTLE BOATS. Little boats must keep the sh.o.r.e.

972. LITTLE BODIES. Little bodies have large souls.

973. LITTLE GOOD. A little good is soon spent.

974. LITTLE GOODS. Little goods, little care.

975. LITTLE HOLE. One may see day at a little hole.

976. LITTLE HOUSE.

A little house well fill'd, A little land well till'd, And a little wife well will'd.

977. LITTLE MINDS. Little minds, like weak liquors, are soon soured.

978. LITTLE THINGS. Little things please little minds.

979. LIVE. Everything would live.

980. LIVE. It's not how long, but how well, we live.

981. LIVE. Live and learn.

982. LIVE. Live and let live.

983. LIVER (LONGEST). The longest liver dies at last.

984. LIVES. He that lives not well one year sorrows for it seven.

985. LIVETH. He liveth long that liveth well.

986. LIVING DOG. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

987. LOAD. All lay load on the willing horse.

988. LOCK. You needn't lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

989. LOOK. Look before you leap.

990. LOOK. They look one way and row another.

991. LOOKED FOR. Long looked for comes at last.

992. LONG LANE. 'Tis a long lane that has no turning.

993. LONGS. He that longs most lacks most.

994. LONGEST DAY. The longest day must have an end.

995. LOQUACITY. The loquacity of fools is a warning to the wise.

996. LORDS. New lords new laws.