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==Ideas==
 
==Ideas==
  

Revision as of 17:05, 3 December 2022

Sacramento Boot Lickers:

  • Mors lupi agnis vita
  • The death of the wolf is life to the lambs



Ideas

Reid: "Fortitudine et labore"

  • By fortitude and exertion
  • fortitude - courage in the face of adversity
  • exertion - the application of a force

Rendell:

  • Mors lupi agnis vita
  • The death of the wolf is life to the lambs

Richards:

  • Nec sperno, nec timeo
  • I neither spurn nor fear
  • (spurn -> despise)

Richardson:

  • Semper fidelis
  • Always faithful

Richardson

  • Labor vincit omnia
  • Labor conquers all things

(reap what you sow?)

Vae victis - woe to the conquered

  • 390 BCV
  • army of Gauls led by Brennus
  • attacked Rome, Romans ransomed hte city
  • 1,000 lbs of gold
  • Gauls provided weights, weighed the gold, it came up short
  • Romans claimed it was rigged and complained
  • Brennus then threw his word on the scale: "Vae victis!"
  • more gold