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The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.  --Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970)

Last but not least.

Late fruits keep well.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before supper.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Laughter is the most inexpensive and the most effective wonder drug. Laughter is a universal medicine.  --Bertrand (Arthur William) Russel (1872-1970)

Law of Raspberry Jam: The wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.  --Alvin Toffler (1928-): The Culture Consumers

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.  --Jules Renard (1864-1910)

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A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.  --Sam(uel) J(ames) Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985)

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.  --(Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.  --Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Learn wisdom by faults of others.

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.  --John Ray (1627-1705)

Learning without thought is labo(u)r lost; thought without learning is perilous.  --Confucius (551?-479B.C.): Lun Yü  

Lend your money and lose your friend.

A leopard cannot change his spots.

Let beggars match with beggars.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let it be.  --Paul McCartney (1942-) "The Beatles": Let It Be

Let not your tongue cut your throat.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?  --Fanny Brice (1891-1951)

Let's look at this as a learning experience. I am sure you will do better next time!

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The liberty of the individual must be limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.  --John Stuart Mill (1806-73): On Liberty

Life can be long and you got to be so strong and the world is so tough. Sometimes I feel I've had enough.  --John Lennon (1940-80): How?

Life has its ups and downs.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.  --Anaïs Nin (1903-77)  

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.  --Helen (Adams) Keller (1880-1968)

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.  --French proverb

Life is more important than art; that’s what makes art important.  --James (Arthur) Baldwin (1924-87)

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.  --Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943)

Life is now. Life is not later on.  --Steve Chandler

Life is short and time is swift.

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.  --W(illiam) C(hristopher) Handy (1873-1958)

Life is too tragic for sadness; let us rejoice.  --Edward Abbey (1927-89)

Life is what happens while you're making plans.  --John Lennon (1940-80)

Life's but a walking shadow.  --William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth

Light gains make heavy purses.  --Francis Bacon (1561-1626): Essays

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

Light suppers make long life.

Light your lamp before it becomes dark.

Like attracts like.

Like cures like.

Like fanning the sun with a peacock's feather.

Like father, like son.

Like for like.

Like husband, like wife.

Like master, like man.

Like pot, like cover.

Like workman, like tool.

Little brooks make great rivers.

A little help is worth a deal of pity.

A little learning [knowledge] is a dangerous thing.  --Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

A little pot is soon hot.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Live and learn.

Live and let live.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.  --Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)  

Live within compass.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.  --John Lennon (1940-80) "The Beatles": Strawberry Fields Forever

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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.  --Anthony de Mello (1931-87)

The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear.  --Paul McCartney (1942-) "The Beatles": The Long and Winding Road

A long life hath long miseries.

The longest day has an end.

The longest way round is the nearest way home.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.  --Betty Smith (1896-1972)

Look before you leap.

Look if you like, but you will have to leap.  --W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden (1907-73): Leap before You Look

Look on both sides of the shield.

Look twice before you leap.  --Charlotte Brontë (1816-55)

Lookers-on see most of the game.

Love a friend together with his fault.

Love conquers all.  --Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)

Love covers many infirmities.

Love is blind (as regards the beloved).  --Geoffirey Chaucer (1340?-1400): The Canterbury Tales  (The Merchant's Tale)  --Plato(n) (427-347B.C.): Laws

Love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it; really look after it and nurture it.  --John Lennon (1940-80): Man of the Decade, broadcast, 30 Dec 1969, ATV

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.  --Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

Love laughs at distance.

Love me, love my dog.

Love means [is] never having to say you're sorry.  --Jenny Cavilleri / Oliver Barrett IV  --Erich W. Segal (1937-): Love Story

Love sees no faults.

Love truth, but pardon error.  --Voltaire (1694-1778)

Love without end has no end.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you.  --Bible: Matthew  Chapter 5:44

Love your neighbor.

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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.  --Oprah Winfrey (1954-)