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Lovely and honorable it is to die for one's country. — Horace

Poem

Lovely and honorable it is to die for one's country.

In the original Latin

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Horace
Odes · 23 BC
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Topic
Dying for one's countryPatriotism
Medium
Poem
Time
23 BCClassical antiquity
Person
Horace
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Current citation
Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 2.
Original citation
Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 2.

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