live and let live
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.
- 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, ch. 23:
- "Hout, neighbour," said Mrs. Howden, "we suld live and let live—we hae been young oursells, and we are no aye to judge the warst when lads and lasses forgather."
- 1903, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Hetty Wesley, ch. 36:
- ‘Live and let live’ is my motto: let me alone and I'll let you alone.
- 2004 April 22, Michael Ancram, "If the British people vote no, Europe will thank them ↗," guardian.co.uk (retrieved 14 June 2008):
- Our Europe policy is simple: live and let live, flourish and let flourish. That is a modern and mature approach.
- 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, ch. 23:
- live-and-let-live qual adjective
- French: vivre et laisser vivre
- German: leben und leben lassen
- Italian: vivi e lascia vivere
- Portuguese: viver e deixar viver
- Russian: живи́ и дай жить други́м
- Spanish: vivir y dejar vivir
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