College Mottoes (Regional Study Guide) Flashcards

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University of Michigan

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Artes, scientia, veritas

Arts, knowledge, truth

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University of Florida

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Civium in moribus rei publicae salus

The welfare of the states lies in the character of its citizens

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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 Texas

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Disciplina praesidium civitatis

Training, the defense of the state

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University of the South (Sewanee)

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Ecce quam bonum

Behold how good

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Brown University

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In Deo speramus

In God we trust

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Columbia University

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In lumine tuo videbimus lumen

In your light, we shall see the light

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University of Nebraska

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Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus

Dedicated to letters ad all the arts

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University of North Dakota

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Lux et lex

Light and law

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Yale University

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Lux et Veritas

Light and Truth

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University of New Mexico

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Lux hominum vita

Light, the life of men

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University of Washington

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Lux sit

Let there be light

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University of Oregon

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Mens agitat molem

Mind moves the mass

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Hunter College

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Mihi cura futuri

My care is for the future

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15
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Brooklyn College

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Nil sine magno labore

Nothing without great labor

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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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New York University

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Perstare et Praestare

To persevere and surpass

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Trinity College

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Pro ecclesia et patria

For church and country

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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

20
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University of Missouri

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Salus populi

The welfare of the people

21
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Fordham University

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Sapientia et doctrina

Wisdom and knowledge

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Delaware College

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Scientia sol mentis

Knowledge, the sun of the mind

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University of Vermont

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Studiis et rebus honestis

To honorable pursuits and deeds

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Amherst College

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Terras irradient

Let them illuminate the earth

25
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Harvard Universty

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Veritas

Truth

26
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Johns Hopkins University

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Veritoas vos liberabit

The truth will set you free

27
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University of Mississippi

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Virtute et armis

By valor and arms

28
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Darmouth College

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Vox clamantis in deserto

The voice of one crying in the wilderness