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In Limp Biskit’s “Take a Look Around” they use this phrase I find pretty cool.
“Life is a lesson, you learn it when you are through”. So basically the lesson
never ends, until you die.

I’ve been meaning to come with a good translation, a brief formal one
preferably. These are some options I think might be acceptable but not sure.
What do you think? Which of these are correct? Which or what would be a good
way? What would be more formal / polite options?

1) 人生は教訓。終わったら学ぶ。  
2) 人生は教訓。終わりに学ぶ。  
3) 人生は教訓。あなたはそれは終わったら学ぶ。  
4) 人生は教訓。それは終わるまで学べない。  
5) 人生は教訓。それは終わるまで学べられない。  
6) 人生は教訓です。それは終わるまで学べないもの  
7) 人生は人生終わった時まで学べない教訓です  
8) 人生は終わった時まで学べない教訓です
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Correct way to say “life is a lesson, you learn it when you are through”
The literal translation is "人生はレッスン, 終わった時にそれを学ぶ". It is difficult to
translate "Lesson" in "Life is a lesson" into an appropriate Japanese word.

I think 教訓 is not appropriate for the phrase. There are many more natural ways
of saying the phrase and I think 人生死ぬまで勉強 is best and the most common way of
saying it.
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