Latin Proverbs: L

Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.

Leptophyllus
With thin leaves.

Rident stolidi verba Latina (Ovid)
Fools laugh at the Latin language.

Studium immane loquendi
An insatiable desire for talking.

Veritas vos liberabit
The truth shall make you free.

Nemo me impune lacessit
No one provokes me with impunity.

Cursus curiae est lex curiae
The practice of the court is the law of the court.

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges (Tacitus)
In the most corrupt state are the most laws.

Bis peccare in bello non licet
It is not permitted to blunder twice in war.

Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat
To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.