Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad

Phrase

The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius has been used in English literature since at least the 17th century. Although sometimes falsely attributed to Euripides, the phrase does have classical Greek antecedents.

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