Dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī is a line from the Odes by the Roman lyric poet Horace. The line translates: "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country." The Latin word patria, literally me
Detail of the inscription over the rear entrance to Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The inscription reads: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori".
Plaque at the war memorial in Graceville, Queensland, Australia
Plaque at Queen's Park in Toronto dedicated to the militia that put down the North-West Rebellion
![Plaque at the Inkeroinen (Kouvola) [fi] church in Kouvola, Finland, in honour of the fallen of the Continuation War (1941–1945), adorned with crosses](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Inkeroisten_Pro_Patria_taulut.jpg/500px-Inkeroisten_Pro_Patria_taulut.jpg)
Plaque at the Inkeroinen (Kouvola) [fi] church in Kouvola, Finland, in honour of the fallen of the Continuation War (1941–1945), adorned with crosses of liberty.
Bertolt Brecht
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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
…Selwyn Mauberley", a damning indictment of World War I; "Daring as never before, wastage as never before." In a 1915 school essay, German playwright Bertolt Brecht referred to the phrase as Zweckpropaganda (cheap propaganda for a specific cause) and pointed out that "It is sweeter and more fitting to live for one's…
Brecht in 1954
Brecht's birthplace in Augsburg
Brecht's house in Santa Monica, 1063 26th Street (2014)
Brecht and Weigel on the roof of the Berliner Ensemble during the International Workers' Day demonstrations in 1954