Famous quotes containing the words noble and/or patria:
“It’s impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 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)