Who first said "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow"?

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Who first said "Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow"?

The quote is often referred to James Dean, but who is the original author?

2007-02-06 01:47:17 · 2 answers · asked by Victor 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations

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James Dean

2007-02-06 01:55:26 · answer #1 · answered by Unexpectedly George 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Learn as if you were to live forever Live as if you were to die tomorrow

Been around since before 1880 attributed to ANSALUS DE INSULIS, in the book in sources, Ghandi is also credited but he post dates the above, other variations.

None of the Dean sources are that old, suspect another web tales of who said what when, if Dean said such it should be in some book or such.

2007-02-06 10:35:38 · answer #2 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋