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Used to say the way in which we learn something doesn't matter as long as it is knowledge acquired. scientia vincere tenebras: conquering darkness by science: Motto of several institutions, such as the Brussels Free Universities (Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel). scilicet (sc. or ss.) it is permitted to know
Motto of the University of Exeter: luceo non uro: I shine, not burn: Motto of the Highland Scots Clan Mackenzie: lucida sidera: The shining stars: Horace, Carmina 1/3:2 luctor et emergo: I struggle and emerge: Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the sea, and the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame: Luctor, non mergor
Also the motto of Rocky Mount, Virginia and Omega Delta Phi. cruci dum spiro fido: while I live, I trust in the cross, Whilst I trust in the Cross I have life: Motto of the Sisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its associated schools. cucullus non facit monachum: The hood does not make the monk: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 5, 53 ...
Motto of the University of Sussex: vade ad formicam: go to the ant: From the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" [2] vade mecum: go with me: A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook. vade retro Satana: go back, Satan
A common name or motto, in whole or part, among many publications ad astra per aspera: to the stars through difficulties: i.e., "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Used as a motto by the State of Kansas and other organisations ad augusta per angusta: through difficulties ...
"Ne cede malis" is the motto of The Bronx. tu quoque: you too: The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's position merely by pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. tu stultus es: you are stupid: Motto for the satirical news organization, The Onion: tuebor: I will protect: Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of ...
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around
In other words, the gods have ideas different from those of mortals, and so events do not always occur in the way persons wish them to. Cf. Virgil, Aeneid, 2: 428. Also cf. "Man proposes and God disposes" and "My Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways", Isaiah 55, 8–9. dis manibus sacrum (D.M.S.) Sacred to the ghost-gods