Deus vult
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Quem Deus vult perdere prius dementat; and it really looked as if madness had come upon Rickman in the loneliness and intoxication of his power.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
If this be true, we can only say quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang
I answered softly, "I am a poor man, my lord," while inwardly I was quoting, "Quem Deus vult perdere."
From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Stanley John Weyman
"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 Charlotte Mary Yonge
Evoe! attend ye bacchanalians! start at this dark train of evils, and, amid your immodest jests, and idiot laughter, recollect, Quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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