Decorum Est Pro

Famous quotes containing the words 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.)

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

    To be is to be perceived [Esse est percipi].
    George Berkeley (1685–1753)

    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.)