live and let live

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Possibly a calque of Dutch leven en laten leven, which was mentioned by Gerard de Malynes in a 1622 book about trade law (in the then-current spelling leuen ende laeten leuen).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Libyan Arabic: عيش وخلي الناس تعيش — be tolerant
• Chinese Mandarin: 己立立人,己達達人 /己立立人 — be tolerant
• Chinese Mandarin: 己达达人 (jǐlìlìrén, jǐdádárén) — be tolerant
• Czech: žít a nechat žít — be tolerant
• Dutch: leven en laten leven — be tolerant
• Finnish: elää ja antaa toistenkin elää — be tolerant
• French: vivre et laisser vivre — be tolerant
• German: leben und leben lassen — be tolerant
• Hebrew: חֲיֵה וְתֵן לִחְיוֹת (chayé vetén lichyót) — be tolerant
• Hungarian: élni és élni hagyni — be tolerant
• Italian: vivi e lascia vivere — be tolerant
• Norwegian: lev og la leve — be tolerant
• Portuguese: viver e deixar viver — be tolerant
• Romanian: trăiește și lasă să trăiască — be tolerant
• Russian: живи́ и дай жить други́м (živí i daj žitʹ drugím) — be tolerant
• Russian: сам живи́ и други́м жить не меша́й (sam živí i drugím žitʹ ne mešáj) — be tolerant
• Slovak: žiť a nechať žiť — be tolerant
• Spanish: vivir y dejar vivir — be tolerant
• Swedish: lev och låt leva — be tolerant
• Tamil: வாழு, வாழ விடு (vāḻu, vāḻa viṭu) — be tolerant
• Turkish: yaşa ve yaşat — be tolerant