A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. lii. My Mother was vsed to say, That ‘twas needfull to liue long, to see much. 1837 T. HOOK Jack Brag III. ii. Them as lives longest sees the most. 1961 N. LOFTS House at Old Vine vi. vi. Them that live longest see most. You remember that, young man, if ever you’re down on your luck. 1971 ‘M. ERSKINE’ Brood of Folly v. Mrs Parslowe gave her a glance that was both sly and knowing. ‘Those that live longest will see most,’ she answered cryptically. “experience; old age

Come LIVE with me and you’ll know me

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  1925 S. O’CASEY Juno & Paycock II. 49 I only seen him twiced; if you want to know me, come an’ live with me. 1960 C. S. LEWIS Four Loves iii. You must really give no kind of preference to yourself; at a party it is enough to conceal the preference. Hence the old proverb ‘come live with me and you’ll know me’. “familiarity
  

live see also BETTER to die on your feet than live on your knees; BETTER to live one day as a tiger.. ; EAT to live, not live to eat; he who FIGHTS and runs away, may live to fight another day; those who live in GLASS houses shouldn’t throw stones; one HALF of the world does not know how the other half lives; MAN cannot live by bread alone; a REED before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall; THREATENED men live long.
lived see BRAVE men lived before Agamemnon.
He who LIVES by the sword dies by the sword
Other weapons may be substituted for the sword, as in quot. 1997. With allusion to MATTHEW xxvi. 52 (AV) All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword; cf. 1601 A. MUNDAY et al. Death of Robert, Earl of Huntington L1 Alas for woe: but this is iust heauens doome On those that liue by bloode: in bloode they die. o1652 R. WILLIAMS Complete Writings (1963) IV. 352 All that take the Sword.. shall perish by it. 1804 G. MORRIS Diary & Letters (1889) II. xlv. To quote the text, ‘Those who live by the sword shall perish by the sword.’ 1916 J. BUCHAN Greenmantle vi. I did not seek the war. . . It was forced on me. . . He that takes the sword will perish by the sword. 1978 ‘M. CRAIG’ Were He Stranger xiii. Mark me, Sydney, he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. 1997 Washington Post 12 Mar. B1 Wallace’s friends, with whom he had sold dope out of a garbage can.., had pretty much summed up the situation in a sentence: ‘When you live by the gun.’ 2007 Editing Matters Jan/Feb 10 And he [David Crystal] says.. ‘It seems to be one of the consequences of becoming a usage critic that your own usage will be pilloried sooner or later.’ Er, yes—those who live by the sword die by the sword. ■ retribution