Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 20

902. KNOTS. Fools tie knots and wise men loose them.

903. KNOTTY TIMBER. To split knotty timber use smooth wedges.

904. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge is power.

905. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

906. KNOWLEDGE. The knowledge of the disease is half the cure.

907. KNOWLEDGE. Knowledge, like physic, is more plague than profit, if it arrives too late.

908. KNOWLEDGE. An ounce of knowledge may be worth a pound of comfort.

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909. LABOURS. He that labours and thrives, spins gold.

910. LABOUR. Labour warms, sloth harms.

911. LADLE. The ladle cools the pot.

912. LADDER. Step after step the ladder is ascended.

913. LAMB'S TAIL. A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.

914. LAME. The lame goeth as far as the staggerer.

915. LAMMAS. After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day.

916. LAND. Land was never lost for want of an heir.

917. LAND.

Many a one for land, Takes a fool by the hand.

918. LANTERN. On a dark night an owl would be glad of a lantern.

919. LAST STRAW. It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

920. LATE. Better late than never.

921. LAUGH. Let them laugh that win.

922. LAUGH. That's where the laugh comes in.

923. LAUGH. They laugh the loudest who have least to lose.

924. LAW. In a thousand pounds of law there's not an ounce of love.

925. LAW. The law is not the same at morning and night.

926. LAW. He that loves law will get his fill.

927. LAW MAKERS. Law makers should not be law breakers.

928. LAWS. Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.

929. LAWS.

Laws, like spiders' webs, are wrought, Large flies break through, the small are caught.

930. LAWS. Laws were made for rogues.

931. LAWYER. A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.

932. LAWYERS. Fair and softly as lawyers go to heaven.

933. LAZY FOLK. Lazy folk take the most pains.

934. LEAD. A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink unless he will.

935. LEAD. 'Tis folly to dig for lead with a silver shovel.

936. LEAK. A small leak will sink a great s.h.i.+p.

937. LEARN. Never too old to learn.

938. LEARNING. Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

939. LEAST. Least said is soonest mended.

940. LEAST BOY. The least boy always carries the greatest fiddle.

941. LEATHER. Nothing like leather.

942. LEECH. The empty leech sucks sore.

943. LEND. He that doth not lend doth lose his friend.

944. LEND. He would not lend his knife to the devil to stab himself.

945. LIAR. A liar should have a good memory.

946. LIARS. Liars have short wings.

947. LIBEL. The greater truth, the greater libel.