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.)

    “Let them cant about decorum Who have characters to lose!”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

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