"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
— Horace
January 1, 1970
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Translation: It is sweet and honorable to die for the motherland. By Horace, Odes III, 2, 13, frequently quoted on war memorials, and notably in the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, who calls it "the old lie".
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Translation: It is sweet and honorable to die for the motherland. By Horace, Odes III, 2, 13, frequently quoted on war memorials, and notably in the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, who calls it "the old lie".