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, when divine anger ruins a man, it first takes away his good sense; L.
quos Deus vult perdere
,
prius dementat
.
1611
Catiline
V. 481
A madnesse, Wherewith heauen blinds 'hem, when it would confound 'hem.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 688
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
1817
Letter
2 Apr. (1976) V. 204
God maddens him whom 'tis his will to lose, And gives the choice of death or phrenzy—Choose!
1875
Hoosier Mosaics
180
Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
1981
Daily Telegraph
24 July 4
Already Commonwealth Finance Ministers have elected not to meet on New Zealand's defiled soil. If greater penalties follow, the Commonwealth will confirm that those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
fate and fatalism
;
fools
He that GOES a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
c
1470
in
Reliquiæ Antiquæ
(1841) I. 316
He that fast spendyth must nede borowe; But when he schal paye ayen, then ys al the sorowe.
1545
tr.
Erasmus' Adages
(ed. 2) 46
V
He that goeth a borowynge goeth a sorowynge.
1836
Midshipman Easy
I. viii.
You had made your request for the loan .. fully anticipating a refusal, (from the feeling that he who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing).
1894
Use of Life
iii.
Debt is slavery. ‘Who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowin.’
1925
Juno & Paycock
III. 84
Ah, him that goes a borrowin' goes a sorrowing'!.. An' there isn't hardly a neighbour in the whole street that hasn't lent him money on the strength of what he was going to get.
1995
American Spectator
Feb. 82
Who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. Yes, the balanced-budget amendment is sort of a dumb idea, because it can so easily be evaded by cunning congressional accounting.
borrowing and lending

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