Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.( T. Fuller )
生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。（富勒）
Life is measured by thought and action not by time. ( J. Lubbock )
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。（卢伯克）
Life is not all beer and skittles. (T. Hughes)
人生并非只是吃喝玩乐。（休斯）
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it.( I. Berlin)
生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它，有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。（柏林） Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient, premises. ( S. Butler )
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。（巴特勒）
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
Like a rat in a hole.
瓮中之鳖。
Like author, like book.
文如其人。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Like for like.
一报还一报。
Like knows like.
惺惺相惜。
Like mother,like daughter.
有其母必有其女。
Like teacher, like pupil.
什么样的老师教什么样的学生。
Like tree, like fruit.
羊毛出在羊身上。
Little things amuse little minds.
小人无大志。
Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less. (S. Bernhardt)
要这样生活，仿佛你寿命永恒；要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。（波恩哈特）
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。
Look before you leap.
摸清情况再行动。
Lookers-on see more than players.
当局者迷，旁观者清。
Losers are always in the wrong.
胜者为王，败者为寇。
Lost time is never found again.
岁月既往，一去不回。
Love at first sight.
一见钟情。
Love cannot be compelled.
爱情不能强求。
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。
Love is full of trouble.
爱情充满烦恼。
Love is never without jealousy.
没有妒忌就没有爱情。
Love is stronger than death.
爱的力量大于死亡。
Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌。