Laisser dire le monde, et toujours bien faire, c'est une maxime, qui étant bien observée assure notre repos, et établit enfin notre réputation—To let the world talk, and always to act correctly, is a maxim which, if well observed, will secure our repose, and in the end establish our reputation. Fr.
Laissez dire les sots, le savoir a son prix—Let ignorance talk, learning has its value. La Fontaine.
Laissez faire, laissez passer!—Let it be! Let it pass! Gournay, Quesnay.
Laissez faire—the "let alone" principle, is, in 20 all things which man has to do with, the principle of death. It is ruin to him, certain and total, if he lets his land alone—if he lets his fellow-men alone—if he lets his own soul alone. Ruskin.
Laissez-leur prendre un pied chez vous, / Ils en auront bientôt pris quatre—Let them take one foot in your house, and they will soon have taken four (give them an inch and they will take an ell). La Fontaine.
Lamenting becomes fools, and action wise folk. Sir P. Sidney.
Lampoons and satires, that are written with wit and spirit, are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable. Addison.
Land is the right basis of an aristocracy. No true aristocracy but must possess the land. Carlyle.
Land of lost gods and godlike men. Byron of 25 Greece.
Land should be given to those who can use it, and tools to those who can use them. Ruskin.