Est Pro Patria

Famous quotes containing the words pro patria, est, pro and/or patria:

    “It is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country.
    [Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.]”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

    “To be is to be perceived [Esse est percipi].”
    —George Berkeley (1685–1753)

    “It is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country.
    [Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.]”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

    “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
    To children ardent for some desperate glory,
    The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
    Pro patria mori.”
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)