O tempora! O mores!

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O tempora! O mores!

(əʊ ˈtɛmpɔːrɑː əʊ ˈmɔːreɪz)

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oh the times! oh the customs!: an exclamation at the evil of them

[from Cicero's oration In Catilinam]

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O tempora! O mores!

A Latin phrase meaning oh the times! oh the customs!, used to exclaim that these are bad in some way.

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Cries Pluto, 'twixt his snores: "O tempora! O mores!"

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