Live and learn. What about the continuation of this phrase?

Live and learn
Perhaps the favorite phrase of all teachers. But in the original it sounds like this: “live forever and learn how to live.” It was invented by the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who was born back in 4 BC. e.

The truth is in the wine
This expression also came to us from Rome and it is written in full like this: “truth is in wine, and health is in water.” It was invented by the writer Pliny the Elder, who lived already in the first century AD. e.

Bullet is a fool
And this aphorism belongs to our compatriot A.V. Suvorov. Famous commander said: “Save the bullet for three days, and sometimes for the whole campaign, as there is nowhere to take it. Shoot rarely, but accurately; stab him firmly with a bayonet. The bullet is foolish, but the bayonet is not foolish: the bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a good fellow.” So Suvorov urged the soldiers to save bullets, because the next supply could not arrive soon.
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When errors are allowed in the text, or What are anacol`uf and errative

Rules are meant to be broken. But I would continue: to violate them for some specific purpose.

Deviation from the rules is permissible when it carries some meaning.

For example, violation of Russian language norms can be used to create comic effect, show some features of the speaker/writer or bypass some legal issues related to trademark registration.

Such rhetorical devices as anacol'uf and errat'iv are built on deviations from norms.

Anako`u;f is an incorrect agreement of words.

This figure is used to create a certain image of the speaker against the background of grammatically correct speech. For example, as a person who speaks Russian poorly - an illiterate peasant from the outback, a currying official, small child, foreigner, etc.

The unfamiliar foreigner carefully asked: “Can I get to Red Square like this?”
- And you, comrade, would like to ask a question? - unpleasant person smiled disgustingly at me.
Approaching the house, my coat got dirty! - the ridiculously upset Lisa was indignant.
Another interesting technique associated with spelling.

Errat`i;v - deliberate misspelling of a word or expression.

For example, “Albanian”, which was widespread not so long ago: young people deliberately distorted the spelling of words, creating from this a certain Internet slang.

The author is burning!
Preved, bear!
Also, erratives are used when it is necessary to register a trademark or other name, but there are legal or other problems with registration in its original form.

Limkin Park ( original version- Lincoln Park, but this domain was taken)
Blu-ray Disc (blue ray - 'blue ray' - could not be registered, as this expression is often used)

Sociological approach to the proverb

The meaning of the proverb “Live and learn” is that, no matter how experienced a person is, he always has to learn from his mistakes. Another proverb “Life will teach” is also a variant of this phrase. From a sociological point of view, these phrases suggest that the processes of socialization or a person’s adaptation to society never end in childhood. They continue even when we, in extreme old age, sit on a bench at the entrance and watch life fly somewhere. This goes against the philosophy of one famous Austrian psychoanalyst, who appears in jokes and funny stories as often as Lieutenant Rzhevsky. It's about about Sigmund Freud.

How would Sigmund Freud react?

Surely, a famous scientist would fall into a stupor if we tried to prove to him that the phrase “Live forever, learn forever” has a far from ordinary meaning crept into it. There is no smell of truisms and triviality here. The fact is that Freud, like many behaviorists, believed that the consciousness of any person is formed only in childhood. It’s not for nothing that the famous Austrian himself said that “Everything is from childhood,” but adulthood is a fight against children’s complexes, fears and neuroses. How can Austrians understand the great Russian spirit?

Erik Erikson and the meaning of the proverb

A lot of time has passed since the beginning of the 20th century, and scientists such as Anthony Giddens, Jurgen Habermas, Erich Fromm and other social philosophers discovered that a person learns about the world and himself in it throughout his life. The phrase “Live and learn” is an excellent summation of the work of Erik Erikson. American psychoanalyst identified eight stages human life. At every stage a person experiences a crisis. Thus, the first “oral stage,” which lasts throughout the first year of a child’s life, forms trust or mistrust in the mother and the world. Already at the fifth stage young man(13-21 years old) gender and social identity is formed. Life self-determination appears. At the last, eighth stage, which is called maturity or “ego-integration-despair,” a person develops an attitude towards death, youth, belonging to a generation, and humanity.

The famous postscript “...and you’ll die a fool”

This proverb does not always express a positive attitude towards knowledge and the desire to discover certain truths. Thus, one postscript radically changes the meaning of the entire popular message: “Live forever, learn forever, but die a fool.” Not a single even more or less intelligent sociologist would under any circumstances agree with such a phrase. Because, as we noted above, life is a process of learning. Every day, sitting at home in front of the TV or being in the chic foyer of the theater, going to work or school, talking with friends or hiding under the blanket reading a book, we learn something new. This may be a cultural or social code that allows us not only to communicate, but also to occupy specific place in the social hierarchy. This could be knowledge of the laws of the Earth through chemistry, physics, or knowledge of the epistemological categories of responsibility, honesty, truth and lies through philosophy. But not every communication, just like not every book, gives a person food for thought. Sometimes we get stuck in monotony and tautology. We read the same things, talk about the same things. And here the postscript to the proverb already has weight. But can you call it decent life? O. A. Donskikh believes that conformism is the opposite of dignity.

Many writers can find the answer to the question of what it means: “Live forever, learn forever.” Shukshin in his story “Space, nervous system and a shmat of bacon” contrasts the conservative old man Yegor Kuzmich, a kind of aged Ivan the Fool on the stove, with a developing schoolboy who asks scientific questions. “It’s never too late to learn” is the main idea of this story.

Vivid examples of proverbs from the world of cinema

This idea has been raised millions of times in popular art. Suffice it to recall such Hollywood films as “Dallas Buyers Club”, “The Social Network”, “Forrest Gump” or “Frames”. In the comedy film "Personnel" the plot tells about two young people who are used to trading expensive watch. But the time of the Internet came and “sales people,” as they are usually called, were not so in demand. Here our heroes had to get out, retrain, and show considerable resourcefulness. They decided to go as interns to the largest company in the world. And its name is Google. Hoping to get a job at the company, they began to learn new things and bring their own ideas, ways of thinking and lifestyle into the world of the Internet company. So the proverb “Live and learn” applies not only to individuals, but also to large companies that have to adapt to modern realities.

As you know, the IKEA company used to sell matches, but now it is a Swedish giant whose furniture can be found in any home. History knows many such moments at the state level. Countries borrow each other's experience and develop. Thus, China borrowed the capitalist way of doing business, but at the same time retained its socialist system. And now the People's Republic of China aspires to become another superpower.

Main conclusion

In his book The Mechanical Piano, the famous Dutch writer and science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut said: “Remember, no one is so educated that he cannot learn ninety percent of everything he knows in six weeks.” "Live and learn". Who said? Is it important? The main thing is that this phrase contains makes a lot of sense, which would undoubtedly be supported by all great minds, from writers to scientists. For ordinary little man the proverb means constant development, the opening of new areas. And only then everyday life will become much more colorful and interesting, our skills will be more diverse, and existence itself will never be painted in gray and gloomy tones.

The proverbs we often use appropriately and inappropriately often do not have quite the meaning that we put into them. Sometimes this meaning is even directly opposite to the original one. As for me, I was always sure that the old horse, although it would not spoil the furrows, would not plow deeply. An apple that falls close to an apple tree always has a non-zero chance of rolling away from its apple tree some distance. And a stubborn person, unlike a hunchback, can always be helped by a properly used strong club.

Hunger is not an aunt - it won’t feed you with a pie
I’ll sweep away someone else’s misfortune with my hands, I won’t apply my mind to mine
My mouth is full of trouble, but there is nothing to eat
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but it rolls far

The hand washes the hand, but both are itching (I heard a more positive version “and both are clean”)
Neither fish nor meat, nor caftan nor cassock
You can't hide an awl in a bag, you can't hide a girl under lock and key
My tongue - my enemy - prowls before my mind, looking for trouble

Chickens don't peck for money - no money and no chickens
Fear has big eyes, but they don’t see anything.
A spoon is on its way to dinner, and then there’s even a bench
IN healthy body a healthy mind is rare

The sea is knee-deep for a drunk, and the puddle is up to his ears
Miracles in a sieve: there are many holes, but nowhere to jump out
All men are brothers, like Cain and Abel
The chicken pecks at a grain, but pollutes the whole yard (again, “and you’re full”)

Horses die from work, but people grow stronger
An old horse won’t spoil the furrows, but it won’t plow deep either.
Whoever remembers the old is out of sight, and whoever forgets is out of both eyes
The master is afraid of the work, but another master is afraid of the work

A new broom sweeps in a new way, but when it breaks, it lies under the lava
Pound water in a mortar and there will be water
Dog in the manger: does not eat itself, and does not give it to the cattle
Don’t open your mouth to someone else’s loaf, but get up earlier and start your own

Crazy chamber, but the key is lost
Passed fire, water and copper pipes, but got to hell in the teeth
Where it is thin, there it breaks, where it is thin, there it is flogged.
There is nowhere to put money, there is nothing to buy a wallet with

Lucky as a drowned man - he swam, swam, and drowned on the shore
A friend in trouble is known like gold in fire.
Two boots in a pair, both on one foot
He ate the dog in this case and choked on his tail

There is a black sheep in a family, and because of the black sheep, everything is not pleasing
Dust is a column, smoke is a rocker, but the hut is not heated, not swept
Goal like a falcon and sharp as a razor
Know ours - the last penny - edge-on

Young people scold and have fun, old people scold and get angry
My tongue is my enemy! Before the mind speaks!
When they hit you on your right cheek, turn your left, but don’t let them hit you
It’s not all Maslenitsa, there will be Lent too

A double-edged sword: it hits here and there
We support ourselves like poles with your prayers
Young and green - told to take a walk
The lip is not a fool, the tongue is not a shovel

My mouth is full of trouble, but there is nothing to bite
A dog's life: you need to lie, but there is nothing to eat
Bad luck is the beginning: there is a hole, there will be a hole
The grave will correct the hunchback, but the club will correct the stubborn one.
Repetition is the mother of learning and a haven for fools

To live a century is not to cross a field.
The century is long, but the hour is expensive.
Everyone has their own time to live.
It is not the one who lives longer who lives longer.
Every thing has its age.
You won't die before forever.
Living a century, you will grow old.
Once you lie, but there is no faith forever.
You will lose your mind for an hour, but you will be known as a fool for a century.
You cannot live a century without the truth.
You can't live a century without making a mistake.
The century does not indicate the century.
The century is long and full of everything.
The century is long, but the hour is short.
To wait a century is to wait a century.
Live forever, hope forever.
Live forever, work forever.
Live and learn.
To get rid of a century - don’t shake it with a mitten.
To get rid of a century is not to give up.
The age grinds, but does not know how to sprinkle.
My age has passed, but God’s days have not diminished.
The century is not a rope of Meryans.
You can't live through a century with truth.
To live a century is not to cross the sea.
To live a century is not to cross a river.
A century is not enough, but there is a lot of grief.
A century is a long week.
To get rid of a century (life) is not to wave your hand (not to shake your mitten).
The century does not indicate the century.
The century is long and full of everyone.
Live forever, work forever, and while working, learn forever.
You are tenacious, but you stumble while walking.
Living a century, you will grow old.
To live a century is not to sew fur.
To get rid of a century is not to sew up a thread.
The age is short, but the horn is long.
My century is ahead, my century is back, and there is nothing on my hand.
A century is not a field, you can’t suddenly jump.
To live a century is not to cross the sea.
To live a century is not to wave your hand, not to shake your mitten.
As the century goes on, there will be enough of everything.
If you play a joke for a century, you will live happily.
The day is long, but the century is short.
As is the age, so is the person.
The week is strong in the middle, the century is half strong.

Our world is endlessly changing, and therefore, in order to live in it, a person has to process the information he receives until the end of his days.

And since each generation brings something of its own into the world, we live in constant learning.

But you don’t even need to understand this proverb. you just have to follow it.

I spend my life repairing electronics in industrial equipment. Over the last 30 years, relay circuits have evolved into CNC and computer controlled things. And if I had not studied in step with the times, I would have been worthless.

Live forever, learn forever - this is the truth forever.

I understand this in a simple way - we need to keep up with the times. Don't dwell on the past. That's what I do. And you?

This means that every person, striving for knowledge, will never find limits and boundaries for his knowledge. How more people learns, the more he understands - how much he has not yet studied and how much more he will have to delve into the essence of things.

Indeed, even a century is not enough to sufficiently study everything that is interesting.

The proverb “Live and learn” must be understood in such a way that sometimes it seems that we know everything. Even a lover of cooking the most delicious culinary dishes she may one day discover that a given dish can be made even more delicious by adding an ingredient that she had not added before because she did not know that it could also be added. And then I added it and realized that it tastes better this way. And I thought to myself: Live and learn.

There is no limit to knowledge. Therefore, live forever, learn forever. That is, no matter how much you know, no matter how much you study, there is always a topic, a question, a problem, the answer to which you do not know. There is a complete variety of new things, and still, new things appear. and new. What about our social life, our medicine, which asks more and more new questions, and what is even more interesting is our economy, which for some reason is more often predicted by predictors, and not by smart economists who cannot say. why do currencies fluctuate so much, and what will happen to our ruble tomorrow (for example).

On the other side. some say: I know what I need, and the rest - and the grass won’t grow. But this is the position of an ostrich. I hid my head in the sand, only this sand knows.

The position of a smart person: I know that I don’t know anything. And such an ignorant person will study while his head is working!

It sounds like this in full: Live, learn, but still die a fool

This is what they say when they justify their unwillingness to study and learn sciences and crafts.

This is what they say when they complain that until now they did not know or were not able to do something that they were just told or shown.

This proverb means that you should always strive to learn something new, even if it seems that you already know everything in this area. Sometimes life brings such surprises! It turns out that our knowledge about something was not enough.

Firstly, it is impossible to know everything, even if a person has studied and practiced something for a long time long years one craft. Throughout life, unexpected moments will still appear - discoveries in your profession that you need to learn and master.

And secondly, I have always had respect for people who, being no longer young, boldly realized their dreams, studied new profession, radically changing your life. And more than once. As long as they live, they learn as long as they live. It seems to me that this is what the saying “Live and learn” calls for. This is development.

Phrases taken out of context include the well-known phrase Live and learn. E is often spoken by teachers at school to their students, justifying the need to study school subjects. E can even be attributed to Vladimir Lenin, confusing it with another of his phrases: Study, study and study.

It is believed by most people that according to it you need to learn something all your life.

But in fact, in its full form it looks like this:

It is unlikely that the meaning is in constant improvement in a craft, profession, skill or science, but rather in the ability to build relationships with other people, in observing moral and moral standards. It implies spiritual improvement, following the Biblical commandments or the postulates of another religion, or even the Code of the Builder of Communism.)

This proverb only means that you cannot live your life without learning something new every hour. The world is developing, changing, and a person must learn something new in order to keep up with progress. So it turns out that throughout your life you need to strive for self-development, knowledge of the new and unknown. That's the whole meaning of the proverb.

I think this expression has the meaning that a person should not stop developing. Don’t stop when you reach a certain milestone, or stagnation will come first, and then gradual degradation. It is implied that some professional skills will not only be lost, but will become inappropriate modern level, will simply become outdated.

New achievements of science will remain unnoticed, new tools will not be mastered, technological operations will be carried out in the old fashioned way.

The same story applies to the humanities, new methodological developments will remain unused. New approaches will be ignored.

Tomato Lyubasha

Tomato Lyubasha 11.04, after 5 days

I haven’t fertilized it with anything yet, let them use force, and then I’ll ask what she wants. Nearby, cabbage from our company is sprouting for seedlings. It comes up amicably. I also planted Andromeda and Diadem, but there’s a problem with them - someone ate two bushes, it looks like a mole cricket, but there are no passages or signs of her presence anywhere. And most importantly, lettuce sprouts nearby - not touched,

Someone ate

but in this place the cauliflower does not sprout. All three types: neither white, nor yellow, nor lilac. I’m not too upset yet, but it’s a shame, did this pest really get into the greenhouse. True, she threw the delicacy to her - she cooked the porridge with poison, sweetened it with honey and sunflower oil, I watched for the second day until I saw nothing else eaten. Well, we’ll keep watching, for now I’m in no hurry to replant the tomatoes that I’ve eaten.

Here is a photo that tomatoes are gradually populating on permanent place, there is still room left for tomatoes Pride of the Feast, Velikosvetsky, Raspberry Empire. One of these days they too will move.

“Live forever, learn forever,” we say, shaking our heads and marveling at the fact that every day brings us new knowledge, despite the fact that we have long since graduated from school. What is the meaning of this proverb?

It is difficult to determine the exact place and time of origin of the expression about the need to learn throughout our lives. One of the earliest references to the use of these words is the Moral Letters to Lucilius, LXXVI by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, dated 4 BC, in which he wrote, “Live forever and learn how to live.” The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms notes that English language The expression “Live and Learn”, which is similar in meaning, has been used since the second half of the 16th century.

Proverbs with similar meanings in English and other languages

In one form or another, this phrase is present in almost all languages of the world. Here are just a few of them:

Live and learn
On s’instruit à tout âge (French)
Man lernt nie aus (German)
Ei oppi ojaan kaada (Finnish)
Fin alla bara sempre se n’impara (Italian)
Al doende leert men (Dutch)
About the world (Kazakh)

In Tatar and Croatian culture there are even fairy tales that reveal the meaning of this expression. In the Russian language, these words are widely used in both everyday and literary speech, for example, in the works of classics D. I. Fonvizin, P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky, A. N. Ostrovsky, F. M. Dostoevsky, L. N. . Tolstoy.

“Live forever, learn forever, die a fool”: continuation of the phrase

One of the variants of this expression, which has a rather unexpected continuation, “Live forever, learn forever (and die a fool)” was recorded in 1853 in “Proverbs of the Russian People” by V. I. Dahl. The meaning of this international proverb is that no matter how much we learn in life, the world of the unknown will still be immeasurably larger, therefore, if desired, we can and should always learn something new, for practical benefit or for the soul, which, in the end, it is much more useful.

The expression is precisely a proverb, not a saying.

How to write an essay on a topic

This expression is often included in the list of topics school essays. One of the situations that can be considered as an example for such work could be the following: a smooth change in the worldview of even those people who believe that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The world of technology is changing rapidly every year, people have to change too: grandmothers continue to sit at the entrances, but with cell phones; these same grandparents with great pleasure use the possibilities of the Internet, which they knew nothing about until quite recently, in order to communicate via Skype with loved ones living in other cities; read e-books, watch movies and programs on new generation TVs, although they still remember very well the hefty manually operated “boxes” that showed only black and white images. The world around us is not static.

Even if a person really doesn’t want to learn something new, he will have to do it, as they say, “life will force you,” otherwise he will not be able to live normally in an ever-changing objective reality. Laziness of mind is not an excuse for unwillingness to make some effort to learn and use something new, be it a purchase electronic tickets or communicating via WhatsApp with your beloved grandson who is “falling asleep” on a math test.

Words by M. Zhvanetsky “Wisdom does not always come with age. Sometimes age comes alone,” said to someone else, seem funny to us. In order not to make it funny for someone else when they say them towards us, we should be guided throughout our lives by the proverb mentioned at the end.