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To: rabscuttle385

Who the gods wish to destroy, they first make insane.


2 posted on 08/04/2009 1:55:41 PM PDT by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: Williams
Who the gods wish to destroy, they first make insane.

The quote is also translated from the ancient Greek as Who the gods wish to destroy, they first make proud, in the sense of insanely arrogant.

The Greeks had a word, hubris, to indicate a level of obnoxious arrogance that would cause the offender to be slapped down by the gods.

23 posted on 08/04/2009 2:05:29 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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