O the times! O the manners!
[O tempora, o mores!]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Orationes in Catilinam [Catilinarian Orations], No. 1, § 1, cl. 2 (1.1.2) (63-11-08 BC) [tr. Mongan (1879)]
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(Source (Latin)). Alternate translations:Oh what times! what a world do we live in!
[tr. Wase (1671)]But O degenerate times!
[tr. Sydney (1795)]Shame on the age and on its principles!
[tr. Yonge (1856)]O the times! O the manners.
[tr. Underwood (1885)]O times! O manners!
[tr. Dewey (1916)]What a scandalous commentary on our age and its standards!
[tr. Grant (1960)]O what times (we live in)! O what customs (we pursue)!
[IB Notes]What times! What morals!
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LAFEW: Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
excessive grief the enemy to the living.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 57ff (1.1.57-58) (1602?)
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