"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori -……" — Horace
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country."
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499 Quotes by Horace
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Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness…
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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