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)). Other 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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