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Horace on Veterans Day

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It is sweet and honourable to die for one's country.

Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.

In cold blood he leapt into burning Etna.

Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds).

When discord dreadful bursts her brazen bars,
And shatters locks to thunder forth her wars.

Brave men were living before Agamemnon.

Odes (-23)

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

Satires (-35)

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tyrant.

Here indeed I am; this is my position.

So live, my boys, as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Horace (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.