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How long? How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?

Mark Tullius Cicero

Phraseologism: How long? How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?

Meaning: A call to someone to stop unseemly actions, not to abuse the patience of others.

Origin: From Latin: Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? From the 1st speech (63 BC) of the Roman orator and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) against Catalina: "How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?" Lucius Sergius Catiline (c. 108-62 BC) is an extremely ambitious politician of ancient Rome, who managed to achieve popularity among the poor. In an effort to obtain a consular rank, he repeatedly organized conspiracies to achieve this goal. In 63 BC. e. Catiline lost the elections, but, not wanting to accept defeat, made an attempt to seize power by force of arms, but failed and was forced to flee from Rome to Etruria, where he died at the beginning of 62 BC. e. In Russian pre-revolutionary journalism (usually in feuilletons, accusatory articles), the beginning of the phrase “How long?” was most often encountered, since the reading public recognized both the famous phrase and the corresponding intonation from this one word.

Random phraseology:

And it's all about him.

Meaning:

About the collection of information (books, articles, etc.) about someone, something (jokingly ironic).

Origin:

The title of the novel (1974) by the Soviet writer Vil Vladimirovich Lipatov (1927-1979).

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