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Labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil)
Labra lege - Read my lips
Latet anguis in herba - A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)
Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin
Laudant illa, sed ista legunt - Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis)
Laudatores temporis acti - Praisers of time past
Lectio brevior lectio potior - The shortest reading is the more probable reading
Lege et lacrima - Read it and weep
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus - The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid)
Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar)
Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes - Our thoughts are free. (Cicero)
Liberate Te Ex Inferis - Save yourself from hell
Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)
Liberum arbitrium - Free will
Licentia liquendi - Liberty of speaking
Licentia poetica - Poetic licence. (Seneca)
Litoralis - Beach bum
Locus classicus - The most authoritative source
Locus enim est principum generationis rerum - For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon)
Lupus in fabula - The wolf in the tale (i.e. speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence)
Lux et veritas - Light and Truth