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"etymology_text": "First mentioned in 1622 by Gerard de Malynes in a book about trade law, who mentioned \"the Dutch proverbe leuen ende laeten leuven, to live and let others live\".",
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"ref": "1818, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 23, in The Heart of Mid-Lothian",
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"code": "ayl",
"lang": "Libyan Arabic",
"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "عيش وخلي الناس تعيش"
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"word": "vivi e lascia vivere"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "lev og la leve"
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"word": "leef en laat leven"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "חֲיֵה וְתֵן לִחְיוֹת"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "lev og la leve"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "viver e deixar viver"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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"word": "живи́ и дай жить други́м"
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"word": "сам живи́ и други́м жить не меша́й"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "žiť a nechať žiť"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
"word": "vivir y dejar vivir"
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"sense": "be tolerant",
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