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"Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad" comes from a poem (Prometheus) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Basically, the gods would seek vengeance on their enemies before they would kill them.
Quos deus vult perdere prius dementat: Latin -- "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." ("mad with power" is often implied)
Whom the Gods Would Destroy - 1915 was released on:
USA: 8 July 1915