the good die young

== English == === Alternative forms === only the good die young === Etymology === 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. === Proverb === the good die young Well-regarded people who are morally upright, kind, and beneficent tend to die at a younger age than do most people. ==== Usage notes ==== Often used sarcastically or gloomily with the connotation that justice is lacking in the moral order of the world. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== nice guys finish last a creaking door hangs longest