Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius.
I never really knew what to make of the phrase, to be honest. A school teacher used to say it, in English. What about you, Michael? Any sage wisdom?
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I just like that in the original it’s specifically “Jupiter,” not “the gods.” (As for the phrase, I’ve always thought that it was an acknowledgment of the depth of suffering in mental illness.)
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Ah that’s interesting! I always had the vague impression that it was a sort of warning to ‘keep an even keel’, which could be very cruel advice - but your interpretation makes much more sense, and is a much more compassionate reading. Thanks for humouring me.
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