A Quote by Cyril Connolly

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Cyril Connolly

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Call Destroy First Gods Promising Whom Wish

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Cyril Connolly
English - Journalist
September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974

It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It's more interesting, and doesn't take so long.

Terry Pratchett

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

John Boyd Orr

Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.

Twyla Tharp

Whom the gods would destroy, they first subsidize.

George Roche III

Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.

Euripides

Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

Bernard Levin

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power.

Charles A. Beard

Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.

Irving Layton

In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.

Niall Ferguson

Quos vilt perdere dementat' Whome the gods wish to destroy, they first drive made (Latin).

Leo Tolstoy

Whom the gods notice they destroy.

Philip K. Dick

Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small... and you will escape the jealousy of the great.

Philip K. Dick

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

All the lessons of history in four sentences: 1) Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power; 2) The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small; 3) The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; 4) When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy and unreliable - but teach him, inoculate him with chess.