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College and University mottos Flashcards

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Amherst College

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Terras irradient - Let them illuminate the lands

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Baylor University

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Pro ecclesia, Pro Texana - For the Church, for Texas

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Brooklyn College

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Nil sine magno labore - Nothing without great labor

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Brown University

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In Deo speramus - In God we trust

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Cambridge University (UK)

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Hinc lucem et pocula sacra - Hence light and sacred draughts

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Centenary College

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Labor omnia vincit - Labor overcomes all

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City College of New York

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Respice, adspice, prospice - Look to the past, look to the present, look to the future

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Colgate University

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Deo ac veritati - For God and Truth

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Columbia University

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In lumine tuo videbimus lumen - In thy light we shall see light

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Dartmouth College

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Vox clamantis in deserto - The voice of one crying in the wilderness

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Delaware College

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Scientia, sol mentis - Knowledge, the sun of the mind

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Duke University

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Eruditio et religio - Learning and religion

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Emory University

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Lux, lex - light, law

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Florida State University

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Vires, artes, mores - Strength, arts, character

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Fordham University

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Sapientia et doctrina - wisdom and teaching

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Harvard University

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Veritas - Truth

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Hunter College

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Mihi cura futuri - my concern is for the future

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Johns Hopkins University

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Veritas vos liberabit - the truth will set you free

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MIT

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Mens et manus - mind and hand

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New York University

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Perstare et praestare - To persevere and surpass

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Oxford University

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Dominus illuminatio mea - God, my illumination

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Princeton University

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Dei sub numine viget - He flourishes in the presence of God

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Queens College (SC)

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Non ministari sed ministrare - not to be served but to serve

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Southern Methodist University

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Veritas liverabit vos - The truth will set you free

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Trinity College

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Pro ecclesia et patria - For church and country

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Tulane University

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Non sibi, sed suis - not for herself, but for her own

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United States Naval Academy

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Ex scientia tridens - Out of knowledge, a trident

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University of California

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Fiat Lux - Let there be light

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University of Chicago

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Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched

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University of Florida

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Civium in moribus rei publicae salus - In the character of its citizens lies the welfare of the state

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University of Georgia

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Et docere et rerum exquirere causas - both to teach and to inquire about the nature of things

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University of Miami

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Magna est veritas - Great is the truth

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University of Michigan

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Artes, scientia, veritas - Arts, knowledge, truth

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University of Mississippi

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Virtute et armis - by valor and arms

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University of Missouri

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Salus Populi - The welfare of the people

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University of Nebraska

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Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus - dedicated to letters and all the arts

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University of New Mexico

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Lux hominum vita - Light, the life of mankind

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University of North Dakota

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Lux et lex - Light and Law

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University of Notre Dame

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Crux spes unica - The cross, the only hope

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University of Oregon

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Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the mass

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University of Paris

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Hic et ubique terrarum - Here, there, and everywhere

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University of Texas

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Disciplina praesidium civitatis - Discipline, the defense of the state

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Univ. of the South (Sewanee)

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Ecce quam bonum - Behold how good

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University of Vermont

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Studiis et rebus honestis - through studies and honorable pursuits

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University of Washington

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Lux sit - let there be light

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Yale University

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Lux et veritas - Light and truth

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University of Buenos Aires

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Argentum virtus robur et studium - Argentine virtue is strength and study

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Buenos Aires Institute of Technology

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Ad Lucem Serenitate Tendo - To the light peacefully she goes

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National University of Córdoba

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Ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus - Carry my name to the people

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National University of the South

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Ardua Veritatem - Through the difficulties to the truth

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National University of Tucuman

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Pedes in Terra ad Sidera Visus - Feet on the ground eyes towards the stars

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Australian National University

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Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum-
First, to learn the nature of things. (From Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, l. VI.)

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Central Queensland University

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Doctrina Perpetua - Forever learning

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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Perita manus mens exculta- [A] skilled hand [and] cultivated mind

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Swinburne University of Technology

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Factum per Litteras - Achievement through learning

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University of Adelaide

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Sub Cruce Lumen - The light [of learning] under the [Southern] Cross

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The University of Melbourne

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Postera Crescam Laude - We grow in the esteem of future generations. (“I will grow in praise afterwards.”) - Horace, Odes, l. III. 30.

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University of New England

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Ex sapientia modus - Out of wisdom comes moderation

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University of New South Wales

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Scientia Manu et Mente - Knowledge by hand and mind

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The University of Notre Dame Australia

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In principio erat Verbum - In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1)

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University of Queensland

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Scientia ac Labore - Through knowledge and hard work

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University of Southern Queensland

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Per Studia Mens Nova - Through study the mind is made new

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University of Sydney

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Sidere mens eadem mutato - The constellations change, [but] the mind [remains] the same

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University of Tasmania

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Ingeniis Patuit Campus - The field is open to talent

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Theresian Military Academy

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A.E.I.O.U. - amor electis, iniustis ordinor ultor - “I am loved by the elect, for the unjust I am ordained an avenger”

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University of Klagenfurt

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Per aspera ad astra - Through difficulties to the stars

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Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Scientia vincere tenebras - Conquering darkness by science

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Scientia vincere tenebras - Conquering darkness by science

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Université catholique de Louvain

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Sedes sapientiae - Seat of wisdom

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Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenKatholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Sedes sapientiae - Seat of wisdom

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Ghent University

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Inter Utrumque - In Between Both Extremes

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