Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

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(idea) by sfc (1.7 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Jun 18 2000 at 20:27:49

In English, "It is sweet and noble to die for one's country". This basically sums up the feelings of many leaders and scholars before The Great War. The poem Dulce et decorum est describes just how sweet and noble death really was in World War I. Viewpoints would change so drastically after WWI that Europe sat idly by as Hitler built his war machine out of fear of causing another war.

(idea) by WWWWolf (1.4 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Jan 28 2001 at 12:13:49

It is kind of ironic that this phrase was originally used by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flacchus) in one of his odes. Horatius actually went to war in Filippos, but later decided that deserting was a better option...

I guess Horatius would have agreed with mr. Owen afterall (see Dulce et decorum est)

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