live and learn
Mistakes bring wisdom
Live and learn is a philosophical shrug acknowledging that experience teaches lessons no amount of prior knowledge could have provided.
Often said after discovering something surprising or making a mistake: I had no idea you couldn't microwave metal—live and learn.
The phrase accepts human fallibility with mild resignation rather than distress.
- mistakesUnintended wrong actions
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- teachable momentSpontaneous chance for instruction
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
- educationSystematic development of mind
insight · adversity · failure · consequences · trial-and-error · trial by fire · understanding · curiosity · resilience · growing pains · maturity · risk-taking · hard way · school of hard knocks · humility · adaptability · discernment · experimentation
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- life lessonsmoral, life lessons, parable, advice, patience
- life wisdomcarpe diem, seize the day, this too shall pass, know thyself, be yourself
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
- wisdom sayingsproverbs, sayings, adages, maxims, aphorisms
- learningclasses, instruction, studying, lesson, education
live and learncry over spilt milk
Lament the irreversible
hold a grudge · beat oneself up · ruminate · self-flagellation
live and learnwillful blindness
Conscious avoidance of knowledge
set in one's ways · unteachable · incorrigible · same old same old · stuck in a rut
live and learngive up
Stop attempting something
throw in the towel · admit defeat · despair · woe is me · defeatism
live, learn, lives, lived, living, alive, lively, livelihood, liver