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The phrase in Latin is the official motto of Southern Methodist University. [2] The phrase in Greek is the official motto of Lenoir-Rhyne University. Translated into German, Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen (lit. "The truth will make you free"), it is the motto of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. [3]
An example of a motto, Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Health, peace and prosperity) on the Coat of arms of Kiribati This list contains the mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.
A similar version of this saying "God himself helps those who dare," better translated as "divinity helps those who dare" (audentes deus ipse iuvat), comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 10.586. The phrase is spoken by Hippomenes when contemplating whether to enter a foot race against Atalanta for her hand in marriage.
The motto as it appears on the arms of the city of Arad, Romania. Via et veritas et vita (Classical Latin: [ˈwɪ.a ɛt ˈweːrɪtaːs ɛt ˈwiːta], Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈvi.a et ˈveritas et ˈvita]) is a Latin phrase meaning "the way and the truth and the life".
English: Australian National University: Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum: Latin: First, to learn the nature of things. (From Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, l. VI.) Bond University: Bringing ambition to life English Central Queensland University: Doctrina Perpetua: Latin Forever learning Charles Sturt University: For the public good English
The motto within the Canadian coat of arms. A mari usque ad mare (Latin: [aː ˈmariː ˈuːskᶣɛ ad ˈmarɛ]; French: D'un océan à l'autre, French pronunciation: [dœ̃nɔseˈã aˈloʊ̯tʁ]; English: From sea to sea) is the Canadian national motto. The phrase comes from the Latin Vulgate translation of Psalm 72:8 in the Bible:
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Although unusual in England, and perhaps outside English heraldic practice, there are some examples, such as in Belgium, of the particular appearance of the motto scroll and letters thereon being blazoned; [17] a prominent example is the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States (which is a coat of arms and follows heraldic conventions ...