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lâche (läsh), lax; relaxed.
la critique est aisée, l’art est difficile (lȧ krē tēk´ e te zā´, lȧ´re dā fē sēl´), criticism is easy, art is difficult.
lade nicht alles in ein Schiff (Ger.), (lä de nikt ä´les in īn´ shif´), do not ship all in one vessel; do not put all your eggs in one basket.
l’adversité fait les hommes, et le bonheur les monstres (lȧd ver zē tā´ fe lā zôm´, ā le bô nör´ lā môNstr´), adversity makes men, and prosperity monsters.
la fortuna aiuta i pazzi (It.), (lä fōr tōō´nä ä yōō´tä´dzē), fortune passes everywhere; all men are subject to the vicissitudes of Fortune.
laguna (It.), (lä gōō´nä), a moor; a fen.
laissez faire (le sā fer´), let alone.
laissez-nous faire (le sā nōō fer´), let us act for ourselves; let us alone.
laitue (lā-tü´).—Lettuce.