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Quotation from First Oration Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“so this disease which is in the republic, if relieved by the punishment of this man, will only get worse and worse, as the rest will be still alive.”
First Oration Against Catiline, Section 31, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856)
The close of Cicero's fever simile: executing Catiline alone would give false relief while the conspiracy spread.
Citation: "so this disease which is in the republic, if relieved by the punishment of this man, will only get worse and worse, as the rest will be still alive." — Marcus Tullius Cicero, First Oration Against Catiline, Section 31, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856). (id cicero-first-catilinarian-q8)
Portrait: Cicerone denuncia CatilinaCicero Denounces Catiline, Cesare Maccari, Public domain.
