young men may die, but old men must die
- young men may die, but old men must die
Cf. the words of a Roman noblewoman rejecting an elderly suitor after the death of her young husband: juvenis quidem potest cito mori; sed senex diu vivere non potest, a young man may indeed die early, but an old man cannot live long (quoted by ST. JEROME, Letter cxxvii. 2).
1534 MORE Dialogue of Comfort (1553) II. ii. As the younge man maye happe some time to die soone, so the olde man can never liue long.
1623 W. CAMDEN Remains concerning Britain (ed. 3) 276 Young men may die, but old men must die.
1758 LADY M. W. MONTAGU Letter 5 Sept. (1967) III. 174 According to the good English Proverb, young people may die, but old must.
1863 B. I. WILEY Life of Billy Yank (1952) xii. That is the Way of the World. The old must die and the young may die.
1970 ‘D. CRAIG’ (title) Young men may die.
1993 ‘C. AIRD’ Going Concern (1994) i. 9 Mary-Louise was the holiday party’s language specialist and immediately said: ‘“The young die sometimes, but the old always die.” That’s an old Breton proverb.’
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