wilfred owen wrote dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
wilfred owen wrote dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
who wrote dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?
wilfred owen
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the phrase was famously used as the title of a well-known poem by wilfred owen, "dulce et decorum est", published in 1920 and describing the experiences of soldiers in world war i. the poem essentially ended direct and earnest use of the phrase, calling it "the old lie." usage pre-1920 tended to be in odes to the fallen and on monuments; usage post-1920 tended to be to critique propaganda and war.









































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dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
a humorous elaboration of the original line was used as a toast in the 19th century: "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimum pro patria bibere. ergo, bibamus pro salute patriae." a reasonable english translation would be: "it is sweet and fitting to die for the homeland, but sweeter still to live for the homeland, and sweetest yet to drink for the homeland. so, let us drink to the health of the homeland."









































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dulce et decorum est pro patria mori