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, he whom the gods love dies young; PLAUTUS
Bacchides
l. 817
quem di diligunt
,
Adolescens moritur
, he whom the gods favour, dies young.
1546
Troubled Man's Medicine
B8
V
Most happy be they and best belouid of god, that dye whan they be young.
1553
Art of Rhetoric
40
V
Whom god loueth best, those he taketh sonest.
1651
Jacula Prudentum
no. 1094
Those that God loves, do not live long.
1821
Don Juan
IV. xii.
‘Whom the gods love die young,’ was said of yore, And many deaths do they escape by this.
1933
Testament of Youth
II. vii.
Oh, Geoffrey, I shall never know anyone quite like you again … It's another case of ‘whom the Gods love.’
1972
Colonel Butler's Wolf
xx.
‘Whom the gods love die young,’ the war taught us that.
death
;
youth
o, he whom the gods love dies young; PLAUTUSBacchides
l. 817
quem di diligunt
,
Adolescens moritur
, he whom the gods favour, dies young.
1546Troubled Man's Medicine
B8
V
Most happy be they and best belouid of god, that dye whan they be young.
1553
Art of Rhetoric
40
V
Whom god loueth best, those he taketh sonest.
1651
Jacula Prudentum
no. 1094
Those that God loves, do not live long.
1821
Don Juan
IV. xii.
‘Whom the gods love die young,’ was said of yore, And many deaths do they escape by this.
1933
Testament of Youth
II. vii.
Oh, Geoffrey, I shall never know anyone quite like you again … It's another case of ‘whom the Gods love.’
1972
Colonel Butler's Wolf
xx.
‘Whom the gods love die young,’ the war taught us that.
death;
youth
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