Quotes / Pretentious Latin Motto

Fiat Lux

Let there be light.

— Motto of the University of California

Veritas

Truth.

— Motto of Harvard University

Meliora

Ever better.

— Motto of the University of Rochester

Invicta

Invincible.

— Motto of Kent, England, and of various schools and organisations there

Latin is a language,
As dead as can be.
First it killed the Romans,
And now it's killing me.

— Anonymous

Si bili, si ergo.
Fortibus es in ero.
Nobili, demis trux —
Sivat sinem? Causen dux.

— Traditional

Magnum opus.
("Penguin with gun".)

— Anonymous

(Booth is driving Brennan and Zach to a crime scene at a private school. They pull up to the sign at the front gate.)
Booth: "Omnia Mea Mecum Porto." What does that mean: Regular people stay out?
Brennan & Zack: (simultaneously) "I carry with me all my things."

—from Bones episode 1x03, 'A Boy in a Tree'

Hope: And speaking of changes, the choir will now sing the new school anthem, “Non Sibi, sed Toti.”
Ruby: Why are they singing in elf language?

— Sex Education

Veni, vidi, Vinci.
(I came, I saw, Vinci.)

—Giovanni Vinci

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