Mottoes

Question 1

semper fidelis

Answer 1

always faithful

Question 2

Vox clamantis in deserto

Answer 2

A voice crying out in the desert. (Dartmouth)

Question 3

Veritas vos liberabit

Answer 3

The truth will set you free (Johns Hopkins University)

Question 4

esse quam videri

Answer 4

to be rather than to seem (motto for the state of NC)

Question 5

Nil sine magno labore

Answer 5

Nothing without great work (Brooklyn College)

Question 6

Mihi cura futuri

Answer 6

I care for the future (Hunter College)

Question 7

eruditio et religio

Answer 7

knowledge and faith (Motto of Duke University)

Question 8

volens et potens

Answer 8

willing and able (4th Army Engineers)

Question 9

firmo et tueor

Answer 9

I heal and watch over (Medical Corps)

Question 10

ad astra per aspera

Answer 10

to the stars through difficulties (Motto of the state of Kansas)

Question 11

caveat emptor

Answer 11

buyer beware

Question 12

Dum spiro, spero

Answer 12

While I breathe, I hope (Motto of SC)

Question 13

sic semper tyrannis

Answer 13

Thus always to tyrants (Motto of Virginia)

Question 14

carpe diem

Answer 14

seize the day (Horace)

Question 15

cogito ergo sum

Answer 15

I think therefore I am (Decartes)

Question 16

Errare humanum est

Answer 16

to err is human (Seneca)

Question 17

ars longa, vita brevis

Answer 17

art is long, life is short

Question 18

Festina lente

Answer 18

make haste slowly (Augustus)

Question 19

Lux libertas

Answer 19

Light and liberty (Motto of UNC)

Question 20

O tempora! O mores!

Answer 20

O the times! O the customs!

Question 21

a mari usque ad mare

Answer 21

from sea to sea (Motto of Canada)

Question 22

grandescunt aucta labore

Answer 22

by work, all things increase and grow (McGill University)

Question 23

Pro Humanitate

Answer 23

For humanity (Motto of Wake Forest)

Question 24

Mens et Manus

Answer 24

mind and hand (Motto of NC A&T)