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The sense of dum spiro spero can be found in the work of Greek poet Theocritus (3rd Century BC), who wrote: "While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none." [2] That sentiment seems to have become common by the time of Roman statesman Cicero (106 – 43 BC), who wrote to Atticus: "As in the case of a sick man one says, 'While there is life there is hope' [dum anima est, spes ...
Below her image is her name, Spes, Latin for 'hope', and over the image is the motto Dum spiro spero, meaning 'While I breathe, I hope'. The full achievement of the state, adopted soon after the seal, consists of the arms above, along with a personification of Liberty holding a Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath on the left, as well as a ...
dum cresco spero: I hope when I grow: Motto of The Ravensbourne School. dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit: while Rome debates, Saguntum is in danger: Used when someone has been asked for urgent help, but responds with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal ante portas, but referring to a less personal danger. dum spiro spero: while I breathe ...
contra spem spero I hope against hope Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka ; it derives from an expression found in Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:18 (Greek: παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, Latin: contra spem in spe[m]) with reference to Abraham the Patriarch who maintained faith in becoming the father of many nations despite being ...
Im pretty sure its the words around the circle, "Omnes una manet nox. Dum spiro, spero. Per angusta ad agusta. Per aspera ad paradisum" which im pretty sure mean the cult chant given by the scientists to Dear Leader: "Sufferance on the surface is our sustenance. Through difficulties to honors. Through hardships to paradise".
The motto of the Order was "Haraplah Sa-lagi Bernafas", the Sarawak state motto, a translation of the Latin phrase Dum Spiro Spero, which literally means "As long as I breathe, I hope". When instituted, the Order held dual status as a dynastic order of knighthood as well as a state order, with the Rajah as its Sovereign.
St Andrews: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe I hope) Selkirk: At spreta incolumem vita defendere famam; Shetland Islands: Norn: Með lögum skal land byggja (By law shall the land be built up) [33] Thurso: Scots: Wark tae God (Walk towards God)
Dum spiro spero: While I breathe, I hope Latin: May 22, 1777 [2] Animis opibusque parati: Ready in soul and resource Latin: South Dakota: Under God the people rule — English 1885 [60] Tennessee: Agriculture and Commerce — English May 24, 1802 [N 14] [61] Texas: Friendship — English 1930 [62] Utah: Industry — English May 3, 1896 [N 15 ...