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