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Those whom the gods would destroy, they first call promising.

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Cyril Connolly

Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 - 26 November 1974) was an English intellectual, literary critic and writer

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  • Anatoly Dvornichenko
    Anatoly Dvornichenko
    I think that a better translation for this quote in Russian is as follows: "Тех, кого боги уничтожат, они сначала называют многообещающими."
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ceux que les dieux détruiraient, ils appellent d’abord prometteurs.

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