Love laughs at locksmiths
This means much the same as Love will find a way. The origin is Venus and Adonis, the long poem by Shakespeare: Were beauty under twenty... Read more →
Love is blind
Those in love are blind to each other's faults. Modern-day research supports the view that the blindness of love is not just a figurative... Read more →
Lookers-on see most of the game
Those watching the game get a better impression of what is going on than those taking part in it. They have a wider view than have the... Read more →
Look before you leap
Never act hastily. Consider carefully what you are going to do before you do it. It might be said that this contradicts the other proverb He who... Read more →
The longest way round is the nearest way home
Shorts cuts can involve one in difficulties. It is better to follow the correct procedure in anything than to try to save time by scamping the... Read more →
The longest day must have an end
However long and wearisome the day may seem, it must inevitably be followed by night and come to an end. In the same way, all tedious tasks are... Read more →
Live not to eat, but eat to live
This rather puritanical proverb warns us that eating should not be the main purpose of life. We should, on the contrary, eat just enough to lead... Read more →
Live and let live
Other people have as much right to live as we have, and all of us have failings, so to remain on friendly terms with our neighbours we should... Read more →
Live and learn
Experience is a good teacher. The longer we live, the more we learn. The saying is often used in a half-humorous way, as if with a shrug of the... Read more →
Little things please little minds
People of limited intelligence are interested only in unimportant things. As Ovid wrote: 'Frivolous minds are won by trifles.'