dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

[ dool-ke et de-koh-room est proh pah-tree-ah moh-ree; English duhl-see et di-kawr-uhm est proh pey-tree-uh mawr-ahy, mohr-ahy, -kohr-uhm ]

Latin.

1. sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country.

Example Sentences

France was saved because the French people never faltered in their belief that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

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So patriotic and brave was he that if "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" ever was true of any hero it was of him.

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Lieutenant Battye was shot through the body, and died murmuring "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori—It is 50 sweet and glorious to die for one's country.

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And, Doris, do put the right accent on 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'.

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