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  Live and let live

  We should live the life we choose and allow others to do the same.
• live and let live
  live and let live

  Show tolerance for those different from yourself. For example, I'm not going to tell my sister what to do—live and let live, I say. [First half of 1600s]

Live and let live

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1. We should live the life we choose and allow others to do the same.

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live and let live Idioms  

1. Show tolerance for those different from yourself. For example, I'm not going to tell my sister what to do—live and let live, I say. [First half of 1600s]

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Live and let live live and let live

Indeed, many social and religious conservatives adopted a libertarian philosophy: Live and let live.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2022

Live and let live won’t always do, and privacy isn’t necessarily the highest good.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

What about "Live and let live"? Our western-centric way of thinking cant seem to allow people to be the way they want.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2018

Why not try this: Live and let live?

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2016

Indeed, his whole demeanour argued the simple creed "Live, and let live."

From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates

She said people should "live and let live" and look after each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

How about we live and let live, and all live longer and better?

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2023

Wyoming has long been a deeply conservative state but one that often avoided weighing in on social matters — live and let live is a credo of rural life in the West.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

George Kennan, the American diplomat in Moscow, sends what is known as the long telegram, saying there can be no modus vivendi, there can be no live and let live with Moscow.

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2022

Why couldn’t people just live and let live?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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