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Augiedog

(2,548 posts) Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:16 PM Jan 2017

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make great (in there own minds).

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Whom the gods would destroy, they first make great (in there own minds). (Original Post) Augiedog Jan 2017 OP

Actually... Zoonart Jan 2017 #1

Thank you Augiedog Jan 2017 #2

Zoonart

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1. Actually...

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:20 PM

Jan 2017

Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. Anonymous ancient proverb, wrongly attributed to Euripides. The version here is quoted as a "heathen proverb" in Daniel, a Model for Young Men (1854) by William Anderson Scott.

Just as apropos.

Augiedog

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2. Thank you

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:56 PM

Jan 2017

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