the good die young

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Variant of the Latin Quem di diligunt adulescens moritur ("whom the gods love dies young"), from Plautus's Bacchides, apparently adapted from a line in Dis Exapaton (The Double Deceiver) by Menander.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 好人不長命 /好人不长命 (hǎorén bù chángmìng) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Finnish: hyvät ihmiset kuolevat nuorena — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• French: les meilleurs partent toujours les premiers — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Korean: 착한 사람은 요절한다 (chakhan sarameun yojeolhanda) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Korean: 착한 사람이 요절한다 (chakhan sarami yojeolhanda) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Korean: 둏은 나무부터 띡히구 못 쓰는 낭그느 깉는다 (dyoeun namubuteo ttikhigu mot sseuneun nanggeuneu ginneunda) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Korean: 나무도 쓸 만한 것이 먼저 베인다 (namudo sseul manhan geosi meonjeo beinda) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Korean: 곧은 나무 쉬 꺾인다 (godeun namu swi kkeokkinda) — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Polish: dobrzy umierają młodo — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age
• Swedish: den gudarna älskar dör ung — Well-regarded people tend to die at a younger age