"the good die young" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1895, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 9, in The Idiot",
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          "ref": "1906, E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Malefactor, Book 1, ch. 12",
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          "ref": "1930 April 14, “Weyler Well”, in Time, retrieved 2014-04-10",
          "text": "\"The good die young,\" is a favorite, sardonic saying of General Don Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Marquess of Tenerife, Grandee of Spain, long famed among U. S. citizens as \"Butcher Weyler\" because of his ruthless military governorship of Cuba, prime cause of the Spanish-American war (1896-97).\nIn Madrid last week the doughty \"Butcher,\" now aged 91, arose fully convalescent from a sickness during which Death had been expected hourly for weeks. \"Pah!\" growled he. \"My doctors, my family had no cause for alarm. I had only pneumonia!\"",
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