Motto of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Motto of St Vincent's College, Potts Point

Unknown origin, probably adapted from Horace's ode III (Exegi monumentum aere perennius). The other is ' festina lente' ('hurry slowly', i. One of the two favorite maxims of Augustus. That which has been done well has been done quickly enough Sat celeriter fieri quidquid fiat satis bene Motto of the House of Akeleye, Sweden, Denmark, Czechoslovakia. Motto of Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Cholula, Mexico. Motto of University of Deusto, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Spain. Motto of the Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Bebington, England. Motto of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines. Motto of Hill House School Doncaster, England. Often extended to dictum sapienti sat est ('enough has been said for the wise', commonly translated as 'a word to the wise is enough'). Indicates that something can be understood without any need for explanation, as long as the listener has enough wisdom or common sense. The phrase is common usage as a university motto.įrom Plautus. Made popular in Kant's essay Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? defining the Age of Enlightenment. Referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location.įrom Horace's Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Refers to the Papacy or the Holy See.Īlso sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions, notably King's College London Often now given in English 'errors and omissions excluded' or 'e&oe'.Īddressing oneself to someone whose title is unknown. Used as a reservation on statements of financial accounts. The title of paintings by Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci. Refers to two expressions that can be interchanged without changing the truth value of the statements in which they occur.Ĭhristian epithet, usually referring to Jesus.

Quoted by John Locke in his Second Treatise, On Civil Government, to describe the proper organization of government. The welfare of the people is to be the highest lawįrom Cicero's De Legibus, book III, part III, sub. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School. So, pecuniae is either genitive or dative.A leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted.Ī Roman Silver Age maxim. Neither should powers (powerful offices/military commands) always be sought nor should they always be accepted sometimes they should even be set aside (resigned). The desire for glory, too, must be shunned for it takes away our freedom. Neque imperia semper petenda sunt neque semper accipienda etiam deponendaĪ foolish man says, “Oh citizens, citizens, money must be sought before all things virtue and honesty (should be sought) after money.” However, the desire for money should be avoided. Fugienda etiam est cupiditas gloriae eripit enim libertatem. Homo stultus, “O cives, cives,” inquit, “pecunia ante omnia quaerenda est virtus et probitas Thank you for your help! I left my Wheelock at home but while looking for the passage on the internet I came across a whole translation of the thing:

Pecunia est virtus latin