History & Politics
Quem Deus Vult Perdere Prius Dementat
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
God maddens him whom't is his will to lose,
And gives the choice of death or phrenzy--choose.
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Codex Note
First published, Letters, 1900, iv. 93.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Quem Deus Vult Perdere Prius Dementat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/233/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Quem Deus Vult Perdere Prius Dementat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/233/.
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