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This resource includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world with quotations that provide a history of each proverb. Discover the story behind "Never say never," "It takes one to know one," and "Once bitten, twice shy."
On this page: labourer: The labourer is worthy of his hire to lives: He that lives in hope dances to an ill tune.

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labourer: The labourer is worthy of his hire

land: Every land has its own law

last: It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back

last: The last drop makes the cup run over

laugh: Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone

laugh: Let them laugh that win

laughs: He laughs best who laughs last

laughs: He who laughs last, laughs longest

laughter: Laughter is the best medicine

law: One law for the rich and another for the poor

laws: The more laws, the more thieves and bandits

lawyer: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

lay-overs: Lay-overs for meddlers

learning: Learning is better than house and land

least: Least said, soonest mended

leather: There is nothing like leather

lend: Lend your money and lose your friend

length: Length begets loathing

leopard: The leopard does not change his spots

less: Less is more

let: Let well alone

liar: A liar ought to have a good memory

lie: A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on

lie: If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

life: If life hands you lemons, make lemonade

life: Life begins at forty

life: Life isn't all beer and skittles

life: While there's life there's hope

light: Light come, light go

lighting: Lighting never strikes the same place twice

like: Like breeds like

like: Like will to like

listeners: Listeners never hear any good of themselves

little: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

little: A little pot is soon hot

little: Little fish are sweet

little: Little leaks sink the ship

little: Little pitchers have large ears

little: Little strokes fell great oaks

little: Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape

little: Little things please little minds

little: There is no little enemy

live: A live dog is better than a dead lion

live: Come live with me and you'll know me

live: If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive

live: Live and learn

live: Live and let live

live: They that live longest, see most

lives: He lives long who lives well

lives: He that lives in hope dances to an ill tune

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