A man may liue and learne.
[c 1620 in Roxburghe Ballads (1871) i. 60]
'Tis a true saying, live and learn—O woman, what chuckling and changing have I seen!
[1771 Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 168]
No doubt we go on learning as long as we live: ‘Live and learn,’ says the old proverb.
[1894 J. Lubbock Use of Life vi.]
‘Y' want steins, gov, go to Germany; 'ere we only got pints.’ Live and learn.
[1984 J. Minahan Great Diamond Robbery xi.]
Live and learn. That has become something of a mantra for mutual fund investors.
[2002 Washington Times 17 May C12]
Related to: experience
Bibliography of major proverb collections and works cited from modern editions is available here.
