[MR] Live and let live

[Mario M. Butter]

So, "Vive et fac vivat" is a fancy way of saying "sex"?

:-D

JBRMM266 at aol.com wrote:
 >> My source for all things Latin translates it as:
 >>
 >> Vive et fac vivat
 >
 > Ohhh, I disagree . . . the last part, "let live," should be the
 > infinitive (vivere), because if you analyse the expression in
 > English, it actually comes out, "live and allow to live"
 >
 > And "fac", as I read it, means "make," so what your rendition is
 > trying to say is "Live and cause to live" which I think is quite
 > different from the intent of the motto.

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