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 Dulce Domum.Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori (Latin). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dulce est Desipere in Loco.
 
It is delightful to play the fool occasionally; it is nice to throw aside one’s dignity and relax at the proper time. (Horace: 4 Odes, xii. 28.)   1
 


 Dulce Domum.Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori (Latin). 

 
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