
„To what length will you abuse our patience, Catiline?“
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
— Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman philosopher and statesman -106 - -43 př. n. l.
Variant translation: "How long, Catiline, will you go on abusing our patience?" (SPQR - A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (New York: Liveright), 2016, p. 51.)
Speech I
In Catilinam I – Against Catiline (63 B.C)