Liars have need of good memories.
谎言者要有好的记忆力。
Liars should have good memories.
说谎的人应有好的记性。
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by law.
自由就是做法律许可做的事情的权力。
Liberty is not licence.
自由不是放纵。
Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.
自由随便，经常堕落到无法无天。
Lie in (oron) the bed one has made.
自作自受。
Lies have short legs.
谎言是站不住脚的。
Life is a battle from cradle to grave.
人生是一场从生到死的战斗。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.
对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧。
Life is a flower of which love is the honey.
人生是花朵，爱情是花蜜。
Life is a shuttle.
生活犹如梭子。
Life is but a span.
人生如朝露。
Life is compared to voyage.
人生好比是航海。
Lazy folks take the most pains.
懒汉多吃苦。
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
Learning is wealth to the poor, an honour to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged.
学问是穷人的财富，是富人的荣誉，是青年的帮助，是老年的支持和安慰。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
知识能使好人更好，坏人更坏。
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
Learn to creep before you leap.
循序渐进。
Learn to say before you sing.
按部就班。
Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach you.
要学会受痛苦而不怨，这是我教你的至要之事。
Learn to walk before you run.
循序渐进。
Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
要从别人的愚行中学到聪明。
Learn young, learn fair.
学习趁年轻，既学就学好。
Least said, soonest mended.
多说反坏事。
Lawsuits consume time, and money, and rest, and friends.
诉讼将消耗时间、金钱、休息和失去朋友。
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.
法网只捉苍蝇，不捉黄蜂。
Law makers should not be law breakers.
正人先正己。
Laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.
乐极生悲。
Laugh at your ills, And save doctors' bills.
生病不忧虑，节省医药费。
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.
你笑，人人陪你笑；你哭，惟独你自哭。
Laugh and grow fat.
心宽体胖。
Late repentance is seldom true.
后悔少有诚意。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
没有知识比黑夜还要黑。
Labour is the capital of our working men.
劳动力是劳动人民的资本。
Labour is often the father of pleasure.
勤劳常为快乐之源。
Labour is light where love doth pay.
爱情作酬报，劳苦必轻松。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Judge not of men and things at first sight.
审人论事宜谨慎，一见之下莫断定。
Judge not according to the appearance.
不要以貌取人。
Jadge not a book by its cover.
人不可貌相。
Joy shared with others are more enjoyed.
与人同乐，其乐无穷。
Joy put heart into a man.
人逢喜事精神爽。
Joy often comes after sorrow, like morning after night.
暮去必将朝至，苦尽常会甜来。
Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours.
是喜是忧难以分辨。
Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.
你跟驴子开玩笑，将被驴尾打耳光。
Jack of all trades is of no trade.
万事皆通，一无所长。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
什么都会，样样不精。
I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellow men than I would have heaps and mines of gold.
我宁愿得到人们的深情至爱，而不愿黄金成雄。
I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of good books to read than a king who did not love reading.
宁为穷汉住搁楼，拥有好书任我读，不愿身居帝王位，纵有好书不爱读。
I wept when I was born,and every day shows why.
我生下时啼哭，后来每天的生活说明了为什么。
I was born anAmerican; I live an American; I shall die an American.
我生下来是美国人，活著是美国人，死时也是美国人。
It takes two to make a quarrel.
要有两个人才吵得起来。
It takes all sorts to make a world.
万千事物，形成世界。
It's no use pumping a dry well.
徒劳无益。
It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.
君子重德不重衣。
It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.
高价卖不为过，短斤少两才有罪。
It's hard sailing when there is no wind.
没有风难航行。
It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again.
堕入陷阱易，脱离陷阱难。
It's earier to run down the hill than go up.
下山容易上山难。