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Quotation from First Oration Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Now, your country, which is the common parent of all of us, hates and fears you”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Cicero)

First Oration Against Catiline, Section 17, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856)

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero introduces the fatherland as a parent wronged by her son, preparing for her speech in section 18.

Citation: "Now, your country, which is the common parent of all of us, hates and fears you" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, First Oration Against Catiline, Section 17, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856). (id cicero-first-catilinarian-q5)

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

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