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pro patria

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pro patria Latin [ˈprəʊ ˈpætrɪˌɑː]
for one's country
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They'd even peppered the set with literary references - projecting 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' above the stage at one point, Ophelia's soliloquy from Hamlet at another.
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The final line of the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by First World War soldier and poet Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) proclaims: "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori (It is sweet and becoming to die for one's country).
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