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

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How to use Live and let live in a sentence

It is easy to say, as has been said, that the essential trait of the scientific life of to-day is its live-and-let-live character.
International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I|Various
Instead of crying, "Pereant qui ante nos nostra cantaverunt," he believes in a live-and-let-live policy.
Contemporary American Composers|Rupert Hughes
I fancy the elephants would have been gentler masters than we: more live-and-let-live in allowing other species to stay here.
This Simian World|Clarence Day
Moreover, he was an essentially peaceful person, a live-and-let-live man.
Mrs. Maxon Protests|Anthony Hope

Men are in this matter more tolerant, more live-and-let-live in their ways.
The Crow's Nest|Clarence Day, Jr.

Other Idioms and Phrases with 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]