College and University mottos (Includes deep-cuts) 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
Pro ecclesia et patria - For church and country
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Tulane University
Non sibi, sed suis - not for herself, but for her own
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United States Naval Academy
Ex scientia tridens - Out of knowledge, a trident
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University of California
Fiat Lux - Let there be light
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University of Chicago
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched
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University of Florida
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
Et docere et rerum exquirere causas - both to teach and to inquire about the nature of things
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University of Miami
Magna est veritas - Great is the truth
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University of Michigan
Artes, scientia, veritas - Arts, knowledge, truth
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University of Mississippi
Virtute et armis - by valor and arms
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University of Missouri
Salus Populi - The welfare of the people
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University of Nebraska
Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus - dedicated to letters and all the arts
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University of New Mexico
Lux hominum vita - Light, the life of mankind
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University of North Dakota
Lux et lex - Light and Law
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University of Notre Dame
Crux spes unica - The cross, the only hope
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University of Oregon
Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the mass
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University of Paris
Hic et ubique terrarum - Here, there, and everywhere
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University of Texas
Disciplina praesidium civitatis - Discipline, the defense of the state
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Univ. of the South (Sewanee)
Ecce quam bonum - Behold how good
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University of Vermont
Studiis et rebus honestis - through studies and honorable pursuits
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University of Washington
Lux sit - let there be light
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Yale University
Lux et veritas - Light and truth
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University of Buenos Aires
Argentum virtus robur et studium - Argentine virtue is strength and study
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Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
Ad Lucem Serenitate Tendo - To the light peacefully she goes
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National University of Córdoba
Ut portet nomen meum coram gentibus - Carry my name to the people
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National University of the South
Ardua Veritatem - Through the difficulties to the truth
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National University of Tucuman
Pedes in Terra ad Sidera Visus - Feet on the ground eyes towards the stars
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Australian National University
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
Doctrina Perpetua - Forever learning
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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Perita manus mens exculta- [A] skilled hand [and] cultivated mind
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Swinburne University of Technology
Factum per Litteras - Achievement through learning
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University of Adelaide
Sub Cruce Lumen - The light [of learning] under the [Southern] Cross
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The University of Melbourne
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
Ex sapientia modus - Out of wisdom comes moderation
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University of New South Wales
Scientia Manu et Mente - Knowledge by hand and mind
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The University of Notre Dame Australia
In principio erat Verbum - In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1)
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University of Queensland
Scientia ac Labore - Through knowledge and hard work
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University of Southern Queensland
Per Studia Mens Nova - Through study the mind is made new
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University of Sydney
Sidere mens eadem mutato - The constellations change, [but] the mind [remains] the same
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University of Tasmania
Ingeniis Patuit Campus - The field is open to talent
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Theresian Military Academy
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
Per aspera ad astra - Through difficulties to the stars
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Université Libre de Bruxelles
Scientia vincere tenebras - Conquering darkness by science
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Scientia vincere tenebras - Conquering darkness by science
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Université catholique de Louvain
Sedes sapientiae - Seat of wisdom
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Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
Sedes sapientiae - Seat of wisdom
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Ghent University
Inter Utrumque - In Between Both Extremes
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