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Quotation from First Oration Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Cicero)

First Oration Against Catiline, Section 2, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856)

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Yonge's version of O tempora, o mores, the exclamation that the plot is known to everyone yet the plotter goes unpunished.

Citation: "Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives." — Marcus Tullius Cicero, First Oration Against Catiline, Section 2, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856). (id cicero-first-catilinarian-q2)

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

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