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Quotation from First Oration Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us?”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Cicero)

First Oration Against Catiline, Section 1, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856)

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Yonge's rendering of the famous opening, Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra, which breaks off the usual formalities of senate debate.

Citation: "When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us?" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, First Oration Against Catiline, Section 1, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856). (id cicero-first-catilinarian-q1)

Portrait: Cicerone denuncia CatilinaCicero Denounces Catiline, Cesare Maccari, Public domain.

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