explain please
2007-03-19 13:16:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Just an old saying to comfort people who have lost someone they love at a young age.
2007-03-19 13:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by I know, I know!!!! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't explain that because it doesn't make any sense. I've known quite a few people who died young, and throughout their short lives, it really didn't seem like the "gods" or anything else favored them...
2007-03-19 13:19:29 · answer #2 · answered by Leah~Ariana is due Oct. 09~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want examples just consider Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, James Dean, Jeff Buckley, Eliot Smith, Layne Staley...the list is endless. I guess God needs some good music in heaven.
2007-03-19 13:20:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
“He whom the gods favor dies in youth” ~ Titus Maccius Plautus
It's a take on... "Only the good die young" Its a way to console the grieving....
2007-03-19 13:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My rendition of the quote is not exact, but I do know that the actual quote justifies youthful death as a protection from corruption, and refers to longer life as an opportunity for repentence or redemption.
2007-03-19 13:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Angel Mass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He lives a good, health, and active life. Hence dies in youth.
2007-03-19 13:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The good persons experience death first than the others.Unfortunately it's true.Because good persons are kind to everyone and hence believe in everyone.They are easily fooled by conspiraters.
It is the meaning which I understood.Hope you like!!
2007-03-22 20:20:21 · answer #7 · answered by ss k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are alot of people that the god's would find favourable and they are still alive.
2007-03-19 13:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they want to turn the person into a god and quickly.
2007-03-19 13:18:29 · answer #9 · answered by amen152 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"only the good die young"...i will live a very long life
2007-03-19 13:18:24 · answer #10 · answered by music junkie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋