A Quote by Irving Layton
Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.
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Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.
Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Whom the gods would destroy, they first subsidize.
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.
Whom the gods notice they destroy.
Are you mad? (Artemis) Yes, I am. Mad at this world where we are nothing to the gods. Mad at the Fates who put us here for no purpose except to toy with us for their petty amusement. I wish all of the gods were dead and gone. (Acheron)
Those who the gods would make rich and famous on TV, they first drive mad.
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