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semper fortis: always brave: Unofficial motto of the United States Navy: semper idem: always the same: Motto of Underberg: semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat: We're always in the manure; only the depth varies. Lord de Ramsey, House of Lords, 21 January 1998 [7] semper instans: always threatening: Motto of 846 NAS Royal Navy: semper ...
K.A.V. Lovania Leuven: Semper Excelsius (Always do your best); German: Der Geist lebt in uns allen (The Spirit lives in us all) Khuddam-ul Ahmadiyya: A Nation cannot be reformed without the reformation of its youth; Knights Hospitaller: Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum (Support the faithful and serve the poor)
Legal principle meaning that one cannot be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law; penal law cannot be enacted retroactively. nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit: There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness: numen lumen: God our light: The motto of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
United States Coast Guard - Latin: Semper Paratus, lit. 'Always Ready' (The Latin motto is also the name of the USCG service song, 'Semper Paratus' composed in 1927) Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) - ‘Nox Noctis est Nostr’ (The Night is Ours) Office of Search and Rescue - ‘So Others May Live’
Mater semper certa est: the mother is always certain: A Roman law principle that the mother of a child is always known, as opposed to the father who may not be known. This principle had the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure (literally "presumption of law and by law"), meaning that no counter-evidence can be made against this principle ...
Semper vigilo (Latin: Always vigilant or Always alert), motto of Police Scotland Sic semper tyrannis (Latin: Thus always to tyrants ), motto of Virginia Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes (Latin: "What thou hast given alone shall be eternal riches unto thee"), motto of Queen Mary's Grammar School, England
The phrase "unto the ages of ages" expresses either the idea of eternity, or an indeterminate number of aeons.The phrase is a translation of the original Koine Greek phrase εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aionas ton aiṓnōn), which occurs in the original Greek texts of the Christian New Testament (e.g. in Philippians 4:20).
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen