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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