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Pro libertate patriæ.

For my country's liberty.

Motto of the Irish Baron Massey.

Pro magnâ chartâ.

For the great charter.

Motto of Lord Le Despencer.

Pro rege et patriâ.

For my king and country.

Motto of the Second Earl of Leven.

Pro rege, lege, et grege.

For the king, the law, and the people.
Motto of Lord Ponsonby.

Pulchrum est accusari ab accusandis.

It is honorable to be accused by those who deserve accusation.

Being far from Jupiter, you are also far

from his thunder.

Prodesse quam conspiceri.

To do good rather than be conspicuous. Motto of Lord Somers.

Quæ amissa, salva.

What has been lost is safe.

Motto of the Scotch Lord of Kintore.

Quæ supra nos, nihil ad nos.

The things which are above us are nothing to us.

Qualis ab incepto.

The same from the beginning.

Motto of the Irish Lord Clanbrassil.

Qualis vir, talis oratio.

As the man, so his speech.

Quam prope ad crimen sine crimine.

How nearly a man may approach to guilt, without being guilty.

Quam temere in nosmet legem sancimus iniquam.

How rashly do we sanction an unjust law which will yet injure ourselves.

Quem Jupiter vult perdere, prius dementat. Whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason.

Quem te Deus esse jussit.

What God commanded you to be.
Motto of the Irish Baron Sheffield.

Qui capit, ille facit.

He who takes it to himself, makes the allusion.

Quid futurum cras fuge quærere.

Do not seek to know what will happen to

morrow.

Qui de contemnendâ gloriâ libros seribunt, nomen suum subscribunt.

Those who write books about despising glory inscribe their own names.

Quid verum atque decens.

What is just and honorable.

Motto of the Irish Viscount Dungannon.

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Faithful to the memory of my ancestors.

Motto of Lord Harrowby.

Servabo fidem.

I will keep faith.

Motto of Lord Sherborne.

Sic semper tyrannis.

Thus may it always be with tyrants.
Motto of Virginia.

Sic tacuisses, philosophus mansisses.

Had you been silent, you might still have passed as a philosopher.

Sic transit gloria mundi.

So passes this world's glory.

Sic volo, sic jubeo, stat pro ratione voluntas. Thus I wish and order; my will stands in the place of reason.

Si Deus nobiscum, quis contra nos?

If God be with us, who shall be against us?
Motto of the Irish Viscount
Mountmorris.

Si leonina pellis non satis est, assuenda vulpina.

If the lion's skin is not enough, sew on the

fox's.

Similia similibus curantur.

Like cures like.

Similis simili gaudet.

One is pleased with his equal.

Si sit prudentia.

If there be prudence.

Motto of Lord Auckland.

Si vis incolumem, si vis te reddere sanum,
Curas tolle graves, irasci crede profanum.

Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus.
Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes.

If you wish to preserve yourself in health and safety, avoid serious cares, and do not give way to passion.

Si quæris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice.

Sola juvat virtus.

If thou seekest a beautiful peninsula, behold it here.

Motto of Michigan.

Virtue alone assists me.

Motto of the Scotch Baron Blantyre.

Sola nobilitas virtus.

Virtue alone is true nobility.

Motto of the Marquis of Abercorn.

Sola salus servire Deo.

Our only safety is in serving God.
Motto of the Irish Earl of Ross.

Sola virtus invicta.

Virtue alone is invincible.

Motto of the Duke of Norfolk.

Spectemur agendo.

Let us be seen by our deeds,
Motto of Earl Beaulieu, and of the Irish
Viscount Cliefden.

Spero meliora.

I hope for better things.

Motto of Scotch Viscount Stormont, and the Scotch Baron Torphichen.

Spes durat avorum.

The hope of my ancestors endures.
Motto of Earl Rochford.

Spes mea Christus.

Christ is my hope.

Motto of the Irish Baron Lucan.

Spes mea in Deo,

My hope is in God.

Motto of Teynham.

Spes tutissima cœlis.

The safest hope is in Heaven.

Motto of the Irish Earl of Kingston.

Stant cetera tigno.

The rest stand on a beam.
Motto of Earl Aboyne.

Stare super vias antiquas.

To stand firm on the old paths.

Stat promissa fides.

The promised faith remains.

Motto of the Scotch Baron Lindores. Studiis et rebus honestis. By honest pursuits and studies. Motto of Lord Ashburton, Stultitiam patiuntur opes. Riches will bear out folly.

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Ubi lapsus? Quid feci?

Where am I fallen ?-What have I done?
Motto of Viscount Courtenay.

Ubi mel, ibi apes.

Where there is honey there are bees.

Ubique patriam reminisci.

Everywhere to remember our country.
Motto of Earl Malmesbury.

Uni æquus virtuti.

Friendly to virtue alone.
Motto of Earl of Mansfield.

Unica virtus necessaria.

Virtue is the only thing necessary.
Motto of the Irish Earl Mornington,

Ut apes geometriam.

As bees (practice) geometry.
Motto of Marquis of Lansdown.
Utcumque placuerit.
As it shall please (God).
Motto of Earl Howe.

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Motto of the Scotch Earl Marishall.

Ver non semper viret.

Spring does not always flourish.
Motto of Lord Vernon.

Vestigia nulla retrorsum.

No steps backwards.

Victor volentes per populos dat jura.

He, as a conqueror, dictates his laws to a willing people.

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Motto of the Scotch Earl Dundonald.

By virtue and industry.
Motto of the Irish Earl of Fife.

Virtute fideque.

By virtue and faith.

Motto of the Scotch Baron Elibank.

Virtute non astutiâ.

By virtue, not by craft.

Motto of the Irish Viscount Perry.

Virtute non viris.

From virtue, not from men.

Motto of the Irish Earl of Kerry.

Virtute quies.

Content in virtue.

Motto of Baron Mulgrave.

Virtuti nihil obstat et armis.

Nothing can resist valor and arms.
Motto of the Earl of Aldborough.

Virtuti non armis fido.

I trust to virtue and not to arms.
Motto of Lord Gray de Wilton.

Virtutis amor.

The love of virtue.

Motto of the Irish Earl Annesley.

Virtutis amore.

Through the love of virtue.

Motto of the Irish Viscount Valentia.

Virtutis avorum præmium.

The reward of the virtue of my ancestors. Motto of the Irish Baron Templetown.

Virtutis fortuna comes.

Fortune is the companion of virtue. Motto of the Irish Barons Newhaven and Harberton.

Vis unita fortior.

Force or power is strengthened by union. Motto of the Irish Earl Mount Cashel.

Vitæ via virtus.

Virtue is the way of life.

Motto of the Irish Earl of Portarlington.

Vitiis nemo sine nascitur.

No man is born without his faults.

Viva vox docet.

The living voice teaches (better than books).

Vivere sat vincere.

To conquer is to live enough.

Motto of the Irish Earl of Sefton.

Vivit post funera virtus.

Virtue survives the grave.

Motto of the Irish Earl of Shannon.

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