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Famous mottos, usually deliberately cryptic, adopted during the age of chivalry and courtly love by great noblemen and ladies include: À Mon Seul Désir, appearing on The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry made in Paris circa 1500;
Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system." [8] Response of the Industrial Workers of the World to the AFL motto, from the IWW Preamble. Kickin' ass for the working class... Labor is entitled to all it creates
To work, (or) to fight; we are ready: Motto of the California Maritime Academy: labore et honore: By labour and honour: laboremus pro patria: Let us work for the fatherland: Motto of the Carlsberg breweries laboris gloria Ludi: Games are the glory of work, Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK: lacrimae rerum: The poignancy of ...
France's national motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, seen on a public building in Belfort.. This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bolded.
Motto of Marist College Ashgrove and other institutions viriliter agite: act in a manly way: Motto of St Muredach's College and PAREF Southridge School for Boys. From Psalm 27: viriliter agite estote fortes: act manfully, be strong: Motto of Culford School: virtus et labor: virtue and [hard] work: virtus et scientia: virtue and knowledge ...
great is the power of habit: Magna Europa est patria nostra: Greater Europe is Our Fatherland: Political motto of pan-Europeanists magno cum gaudio: with great joy: magnum opus: great work: Said of someone's masterpiece: magnum vectigal est parsimonia: Economy is a great revenue: Cicero, Paradoxa 6/3:49.
Motto of the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of the Harry Potter series; translated more loosely in the books as "never tickle a sleeping dragon". dramatis personae: the parts/characters of the play: More literally, "the masks of the drama"; the cast of characters of a dramatic work. duae tabulae rasae in quibus nihil ...
The motto of the Royal Queensland Regiment, and many other regiments. pro bono publico: for the public good: Often abbreviated pro bono. Work undertaken voluntarily at no expense, such as public services. Often used of a lawyer's work that is not charged for. pro Brasilia fiant eximia: let exceptional things be made for Brazil: Motto of São ...