live and let live

phrase

—used to say that a person should live as he or she chooses and let other people do the same

His philosophy was to live and let live.

Examples of live and let live in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is a full permission slip to live and let live, love and let love. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025

To live and let live, with the least taxation for the most convenient services. — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024

Those of us who live in liberal countries, where individuals live and let live — and speak, worship and socialize freely — would do well to understand that freedom for citizens is not even an aspiration for much of the world’s population. — Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024

At the same time, there’s an energy encouraging you to live and let live. — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 30 July 2023

Seriously, though, isn’t one of the conservative values to live and let live? — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023

Rhymes for live and let live

• alive
• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• khedive
• revive
• survive
• dive