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Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Jan 24, 2021
Okay, so the subject line is translated from Greek, not Latin. Also, it is *not* a direct translation of the Latin proverb.
I'm pretty sure that immodesty (immoderateness?) and insanity somehow go together, though. 
My two years of Latin ended in 1965, so I can blame orgetulness if I have got it wrong.
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted Jan 24, 2021
To the tune of 
We three Kings of Orient are,
tried to smoke a rubber cigar,
it was loaded and exploded,
while following a yonder star.
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 25, 2021
Some of those Roman emperors were pieces of work 
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Jan 25, 2021
Don't get mad if you don't want to become mad, sort of thing
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 25, 2021
"Ira" has two meanings in Latin. It could mean "anger" or "will be". I looked up a tramnslation, and here it means "anger."
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 25, 2021
Sorry, I was thinking of the word "ira" in French, not latin. In French, it means will go.
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
FWR Posted Jan 29, 2021
Anger and madness (or insanity) is caused by immodesty?
My two years of Latin were spent chatting up the girls in my class, sorry!
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 29, 2021
Ah, those ancients!
Living a balanced life, without going to extremes. Which, of course, was a goal, not a certainty.
Young adults might well go to extremes in their pursuit of the opposite gender, which could become madness. Immodesty? Showing private parts of yourself has usually been regarded as too provocative....
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Jan 29, 2021
As far as I understood, the morale in those ancient times was quite different from now.
It is mostly Physics students who are very interested in private particles. (Ask Higgs)
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Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
- 1: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 24, 2021)
- 2: Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. (Jan 24, 2021)
- 3: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 25, 2021)
- 4: Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. (Jan 25, 2021)
- 5: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jan 25, 2021)
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- 7: FWR (Jan 29, 2021)
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