Deus vult
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A. G. W. will find the proverbial saying: "Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat," very fully illustrated in "NOTES AND QUERIES," Vol. i., pp.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Per prædicta autem excluditur error dicentiam omnia procedere a Deo secundum simplicem voluntatem, ut de nullo oporteat rationem reddere, nisi quia Deus vult.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
The higher and middle classes of England were animated by zeal not less fiery than that of the Crusaders who raised the cry of Deus vult at Clermont.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat: when the gods have decreed that a king must fall, they fill him first with folly.
From The Moors in Spain by Lane-Poole, Stanley
"Deus vult; Deus vult;"—It is God's will—broke as with one voice from the assembly, echoing from the hills around, and pealing with a voice like thunder.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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