You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

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"One lives but once in the world" (or "man lebt nur einmal") has roots dating back to at least 1774 in Goethe's Clavigo, but the defining second clause "but if you do it right, once is enough" is attributed to West on social media. See YOLO.

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