Die Young Quotes

• The idea is to die young as late as possible.

  Ashley Montagu

  Motivational, Death, Kids

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• Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people's memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Memories, People, Shining

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• Though the favourites of the Gods die young, they also live
  eternally in the company of Gods

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Young, Company, Dies

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• There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.

  Mitch Albom

  Men, Life And Death, Good Man

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• Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.

  Dalai Lama

  Sweet, Strong, Teaching

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.49, Penguin Books India

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• Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.

  Lana Del Rey

  Fun, Attitude, Young

  "Watch Lana Del Rey Find "True Freedom" in Her "Ride" Video: Motorcycles, Guns, Art, Men, Liberation" by Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. October 12, 2012.

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• Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

  Arthur Wing Pinero

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Only the good die young.

  Billy Joel

  Dense, Young, Iron Maiden

  Song: Only The Good Die Young, Album: The Stranger, 1977

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• Fairness, does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young. ~ The blue man

  Mitch Albom

  Men, Blue, Life And Death

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• He whom the Gods love dies young.

  Plautus

  Latin, God Love, Young

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “Comedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes”, p.191

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• I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

  Mae West

  Hate, Men, Young

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• The poetic sensibility was too good for this world, it was best to burn brightly and to die young like a shooting star.

  George Howe Colt

  Stars, Shooting, World

  George Howe Colt (2006). “November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• hen we mourn those who die young — those who have been robbed of time — we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities and pleasures we ourselves have never known. We feel sure that somehow that young body would have known the yearning delight for which we searched in vain all our lives.

  Josephine Hart

  Believe, Opportunity, Joy

  "Damage: a novel".

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• Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to have lived.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Tragedy, Young

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• Whom the gods love dies young.

  Menander

  Latin, God Love, Young

  Dis Exapaton fragment 4

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• It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.

  Grace Paley

  Young, Terrible, Stills

  Grace Paley (2014). “The Collected Stories”, p.275, Macmillan

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• I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.

  John Green

  Hipster, Smart, May

  "Looking for Alaska". Book by John Green, 2005.

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• The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

  Helen Hayes

  Confused, Theatre, Wicked

  Helen Hayes (2014). “On Reflection: An Autobiography”, p.233, Rowman & Littlefield

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• No matter how long you live, die young.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Long, Matter, Young

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• Scoundrels [...] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. [...] Scoundrels live a long time. The beautiful die young.

  Osamu Dazai

  Beautiful, Sweet, Long

  Osamu Dazai (1968). “The Setting Sun”, p.10, New Directions Publishing

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• Luck can't last a lifetime unless you die young.

  Russell Banks

  Luck, Lasts, Lifetime

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• Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

  James Dean

  Looking Good, Young, Live Fast

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• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  Mae West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Mae West: 'YOLO,' Before YOLO Was a Thing", bigthink.com. September 25, 2015.

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• Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Dream, Country, Memorial Day

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• The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.

  Larry Gelbart

  Age, Hollywood, Way

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