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 ]

/ ˈdʊl kɛ ɛt dɛˈkoʊ rum ɛst proʊ ˈpɑ triˌɑ ˈmoʊ ri; English ˈdʌl si ɛt dɪˈkɔr əm ɛst proʊ ˈpeɪ tri ə ˈmɔr aɪ, ˈmoʊr aɪ, -ˈkoʊr əm /

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Latin.

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

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France was saved because the French people never faltered in their belief that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
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.
Reminiscences of a Rebel|Wayland Fuller Dunaway
Lieutenant Battye was shot through the body, and died murmuring "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
Barclay of the Guides|Herbert Strang
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori—It is 50 sweet and glorious to die for one's country.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

And, Doris, do put the right accent on 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'.
The School by the Sea|Angela Brazil