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title: "3 Eugen Sandow Quotes - Famous Bodybuilder (Sandow on physical training)"
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# Eugen Sandow

(1867–1925)   Bodybuilder

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Eugen Sandow was a bodybuilder, best known for *Sandow on physical training*.

## Quick Facts About Eugen Sandow

Born April 2, 1867

Died October 14, 1925

Profession Bodybuilder

Notable works Sandow on physical training

## About Eugen Sandow

Eugen Sandow was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. He was born in Königsberg, and became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy.

##  Quotes by Eugen Sandow

> [Civilisation has, indeed, become a slaughtering-car crowned by a grinning effigy of Comfort, before which man blindly and voluntarily hurls himself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugen-sandow/civilisation-has-indeed-become-a-slaughtering-car-crowned-by-a/)

[Eugen Sandow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugen-sandow/)

[Car](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/car/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/eugen-sandow-84363_car_civilisation-has-indeed-become-a-slaught_814807.jpg)

> [Health is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugen-sandow/health-is-a-divine-gift-and-the-care-of-the-body-is-a-sacred-duty-to/)

[Eugen Sandow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugen-sandow/)

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/eugen-sandow-84363_body_health-is-a-divine-gift-and-the-care-of_1758772.jpg)

> [Life is movement. Once you stop moving, you're dead. Choose life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugen-sandow/life-is-movement-once-you-stop-moving-you-re-dead-choose-life/)

[Eugen Sandow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugen-sandow/)

[Bodybuilding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bodybuilding/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/eugen-sandow-84363_bodybuilding_life-is-movement-once-you-stop-moving-yo_3013284.jpg)

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