Decorum Est Pro

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

    “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.)

    “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.)

    “Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “I preche of nothing but for coveityse.
    Therfor my theme is yet, and ever was—
    Radix malorum est cupiditas.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “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.)