Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.
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Translation: Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
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Maxim 911. One of the most famous renditions of the ancient Greek proverb (which is anonymous and dates to the 5th century BCE or earlier).
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The provenance of the proverb and its English versions is at Wikipedia's Euripides page, under the heading "Misattributed".Publilius Syrus
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quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius.
Euripides
quem (or quos) Deus perdere vult, dementat prius.
Euripides
Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi.
Virgil
Iniqua raro maximis virtutibus fortuna parcit ; nemo se tuto diu periculis offerre tam crebris potest ; quem saepe transit casus, aliquando invenit.
Seneca the Younger
Humilitas homines sanctis angelis similes facit, et superbia ex angelis demones facit.
Augustine of Hippo
Syrus, Publilius
Szarkowski, John
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