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