Decorum Est

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

    “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)