Labour is light where love doth pay. 愛情作酬報，勞苦必輕鬆。
Labour is often the father of pleasure. 勤勞常為快樂之源。
Labour is the capital of our working men. 勞動力是勞動人民的資本。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night. 沒有知識比黑夜還要黑。
Late repentance is seldom true. 後悔少有誠意。
Laugh and grow fat. 心寬體胖。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟獨你自哭。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills. 生病不憂慮，節省醫藥費。
Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper. 樂極生悲。
Law makers should not be law breakers. 正人先正己。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法網只捉蒼蠅，不捉黃蜂。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends. 訴訟將消耗時間、金錢、休息和失去朋友。
Lazy folks take the most pains. 懶漢多吃苦。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. 學問在得意時是裝飾品，失意時是庇護所，年老時是供應品。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. 學問是窮人的財富，是富人的榮譽，是青年的幫助，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse. 知識能使好人更好，壞人更壞。
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。
Learn to creep before you leap. 循序漸進。
Learn to say before you sing. 按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you. 要學會受痛苦而不怨，這是我教你的至要之事。
Learn to walk before you run. 循序漸進。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others. 要從別人的愚行中學到聰明。
Learn young, learn fair. 學習趁年輕，既學就學好。
Least said, soonest mended. 多說反壞事。
Lend your money and lose your friend. 賠了夫人又折兵。
Let beggars match with beggars. 龍配龍，鳳配鳳。
Let bygones be bygones. 既往不昝。
Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage. 縱使困難重重，也不喪失勇氣。
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. 飲水思源。
Let every man speak well of the bridge theat carries him over. 飲水思源。
Let every tub stand on its own bottom. 各人管各人自己。
Let not the cobbler go beyond his last. 安分守己。
Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath. 日落之前，平息你的怒火吧。
Let our object be our courtry, our whole country, and nothing but our country. 我們的心目中要有國家，要有整個國家，而且只有我們的國家別如其他。
Let's cross the bridge when we come to it. 既來之，則安之。
Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要惹事生非。
Let the cobbler stick to his last. 安分守己。
Let the dead bury the dead. 往事不重提。
Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. 手要勤勞，嘴莫多說。
Let things take their course. 聽其自然。
Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay. 是就是，非就非。
Liars have need of good memories. 謊言者要有好的記憶力。
Liars should have good memories. 說謊的人應有好的記性。
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law. 自由就是做法律許可做的事情的權力。
Liberty is not licence. 自由不是放縱。
Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness. 自由隨便，經常墮落到無法無天。
Lie in (oron) the bed one has made. 自作自受。
Lies have short legs. 謊言是站不住腳的。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave. 人生是一場從生到死的戰鬥。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 對善思考者，人生為喜劇；對憑感覺者，人生為悲劇。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey. 人生是花朵，愛情是花蜜。
Life is a shuttle 生活猶如梭子。
Life is but a span. 人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage. 人生好比是航海。
Life is half spent before we know what it is. 等到認識人生，已經一半過去了。
Life is long if you know how to use it. 如果懂得好好利用，生命就長了。
Life if made up of little things. 生活是由瑣事構成的。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time. 生命的價值是用思想和行為來衡量的，而不是壽命的長短。
Life is not all beer and skittles. 人生並不全是吃喝玩樂。
Life is not so short but there is time enougn for courtesy. 人生雖短，但表示禮貌的時間還是足夠的。
Life is short and time is fleeting 人生短暫，光陰易逝。
Life is sweet. 生命是甜美的。
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression. 人生必須永遠前進，才不愧為有理智的人。
Life without a friend is death without a witness. 在世無朋友，死後無證人。
Lightly come, lightly go. 易得易失。
Light troubles speak; great troubles are silent. 小困難，大聲叫嚷；大困難，悶生不響。
Like attracts like. 物以類聚。
Like author, like book. 書如其人。
Like begets like. 有其父必有其子。
Like cow, like calf. 有其父必有其子。
Like cures like. 以毒攻毒。
Like draws to like. 物以類聚。
Like draws to like the whole world over. 物以類聚，世間皆如此。
Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子。
Like knows like. 英雄識英雄。
Like mother, like daughter. 有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil. 有其師必有其徒。
Like tree, like fruit. 有其因必有其果。
Little boats must keep the shores. 小船不能航行遠。
Little bodies may have great souls. 小小的軀體會有偉大的心靈。
Littel chips light great fires. 星星之火，可以燎原。
Little pigeons can carry great messages. 少年也可以成大事。
Little pitchers have great (or large) ears. 小孩子耳朵長。
Little strokes fell great oaks. 水滴石穿。
Little thieves are hanged, but great one's escape. 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯。
Little things amuse little minds. 小人志卑。
Little wealth, little care. 財少寡憂。
Live and learn. 活到老，學到老。
Live and let live. 自己生活，也要讓他人生活。
Live to learn and learn to live. 生而學之，學而生之。
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活沒有目標，猶如航海沒有羅盤。
Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen. 馬未偷走前，廄門先鎖上。
Loftiest trees most dread the thunder. 樹大招風。
Long absent, soon forgotten. 長久不在的人，很快被忘懷。
Long tarrying takes all the thanks away. 事情耽擱太久就沒有人會感謝了。
Look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. 對萬事要樂觀。
Look before you leap; see before you go. 三思而行。
Lookers-on see more than players. 旁觀者清。
Lookers-on see most of the games. 旁觀者清。
Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay. 海底撈月。
Look not for musk in dog's kennel. 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙。
Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 不要浪費時間，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行動。
Losers are always in the wrong. 失敗者總是錯的。
Losses make us more cautious 損失使人更謹慎。
Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. 時間一去不再來，我們常說時間充足，實際。總是不夠。
Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的財富可由勤奮而恢復，失去的知識可由學習而恢復，失去的健康可由節制或藥物而恢復，但失去的時間卻一去永不復返。
Love all, trust a few, be false to none. 要愛一切人，相信少數人，不要負於任何人。
Love and business teach eloquence. 愛情和買賣可以培養口才。
Love and cough cannot be hid. 愛情和咳嗽是不能掩飾的。
Love and poverty are hard to hide. 愛和窮難隱瞞。
Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. 愛情要求忠誠，而忠誠要求堅貞。
Love begets love. 愛愛相生。
Love cannot be forced 愛情不強求。
Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 愛情可使茅屋成為金碧輝煌的宮殿。
Love comes by looking. 情人眼裡出西施。
Love does much, money does everything (ormore). 愛情做許多事，金錢做任何事。
Love fears no danger. 愛情不怕危險。
Love grows with obstacles. 磨折越多，愛情越深。
Love is a sweet torment. 愛情是一種甜蜜的折磨。
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly. 愛情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情願地受它的折磨。
Love is blind. 愛情是盲目的。愛情使人對缺點視而不見。情人眼裡出西施。
Love is full of trouble. 愛情多煩惱。
Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases. 愛情像月亮，不營即虧。
Love is neither bought nor sold. 愛情不能買賣。
Love is never without jealousy. 愛情莫不忌妒。
Love is not to be found in the market. 愛情在市場上是找不到的。
Love is sweet in the beginning but sour in the ending. 愛情始甜而終苦。
Love is the mother oflove. 愛產生愛情。
Love is the reward of love. 愛情就是愛的報答。
Love is the touchstone of virtue. 愛情是美德的試金石。
Love is the true price of love. 愛情只能用愛情來報答。
Love is without reason. 愛情是沒理智的。
Love laughs at locksmith 春閨鎖不住。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. 愛情無貴賤，貧負皆有之。
Love looks with telescope; envy with microscope. 愛情大處著眼，忌妒吹毛求疵。
Love makes all equal. 戀愛不分貴賤。
Love makes all hard hearts gentle. 愛情把一切冷酷的心變得溫柔。
Love makes obedience easy. 愛情使服從變為易事。
Love makes one fit for any work. 愛情使人適合任何工作。
Love makes the world go round. 愛情使世界運轉。
Love me little and love me long. 不求情意濃，但願情義長。
Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏。
Love needs no teaching. 愛情無需教導。
Love not at the first look. 切莫一見鍾情。
Lovers live by love, as larks live by leeks. 情侶靠愛情生活，正像雲雀靠韭蔥生活一樣。
Love rules his kingdom without a word. 維持愛情，不用強力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord. 愛的統治不用刀槍，捆綁不用繩索。
Love should not be all on one side. 愛情不應是單方面的。
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. 追求而得的愛情固然美好，但不經追求而得的愛情更為美好。
Love thy neighbours as thyself. 愛鄰如愛己。
Love understands love; it needs no talk. 愛情可以意會，無需言傳。
Love will find out the way. 愛情會自找出路。
Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. 愛你的左鄰右舍，但不要拆去你們之間的藩籬。
Lying is the first step to the gallows. 說謊是上斷頭台的第一步。
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