live and learn

Verb

Meaning

live and learn (third-person singular simple present lives and learns, present participle living and learning, simple past and past participle lived and learned or lived and learnt)

An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams

It is good to live and learn. Miguel de Cervantes

You live and learn. Or you don't live long. Robert A. Heinlein

Live and learn and pass it on. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn. Sophocles

We're old souls in a new life baby. They gave us a new life To live and learn. Paul Williams (songwriter)

Close letter words and terms

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