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« on: February 12, 2009, 11:52:42 am » |
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what are peoples mottos, family or personal.
i'm quite happy with my family motto : Dis Bene Juvantibus, which translates to "By the good will of the Gods"
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Stockton Joans:
Gentleman
Tinkerer
Part time Illithid hunter
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Khem Caigan
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2009, 12:04:00 pm » |
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I alternate 'Aut Inveniam Viam Aut Faciam'
with 'Cors In Manu Domine'; that is to say,
"If I Can't Find A Way, I'll Make One", and
"The Heart Rules Through The Hand".
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"Let us create vessels and sails fashioned for the heavenly Æther, for there
will be plenty of people who do not shrink from the vastness of space."
~ Johannes Kepler, letter to Galileo Galilei, 1609.
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JingleJoe
Immortal
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The Green Dungeon Alchemist
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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2009, 12:08:14 pm » |
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One man's trash is allways my treasure. Do not try to underststand them and do not try to make them understand you because we are a breed apart and make no sense. Note: I forget this one sometimes  it would be more helpful to remember it. |
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suriehl
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2009, 02:41:06 pm » |
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I always live by the motto "Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." Or as the good bard put it "What is past is prologue."
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Revd_Jericho
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
AKA Arthur Foot III
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2009, 03:02:59 pm » |
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I'm rather fond of my family/clan motto- 'Virescit Vulnere Virtus' (Courage Flourishes at a Wound).
There's something attractively psychotic about it!
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Tyren
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« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009, 04:18:02 pm » |
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My favorite is "Whatever works." Short, sweet, to the point.
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Fate is speaking to us, to be sure.
Load the airship with two dozen attractive people and 42 tons of tea!
We've got a world to save!
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AllisterCain9
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 07:12:55 pm » |
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I dont know if its a motto, more of a quote but I love it:
"Dont worry doctor, im taking her under my wing. If anything happeneds, ill get very chocked up. Honestly, there could be tears"
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"Finesse. We just break in there under the cloak of night. Everyone will be surprised. Us, them, and the guards."
Those are the only two that come to mind. But my life's motto or the main idea is that its full failures. Therefore I find quotes and mottos that imply a terrible ideas, but in the light of all things, these ideas are somehow plausible.
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"On a crusade to take Victorian out of Steampunk" est. since 2009
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Sir Nikolas Vendigroth
Captain Spice
Master Tinkerer
United Kingdom
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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 07:19:19 pm » |
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Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
Something like "I have conquered the universe by the power of truth when living"
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HE WRESTLES BEARS, HE DRINKS HIS ALE, HE LOVES HIS AUTUNITE! ON WEDNESDAYS HE GOES SHOPPING, THIS SONG IS UTTER SHI-
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 08:11:02 pm » |
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I don't have a proper one I hold to, but this one is close: "Pain is weakness leaving the body"
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Well I've worked among the spitters and I've breathed the oily smoke
I've shovelled up the gypsum and it neigh 'on makes you choke
I've stood knee deep cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
Been working rough, I've seen enough, to make your stomach turnwww.doctorsteel.com
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Tyren
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 08:19:43 pm » |
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I don't have a proper one I hold to, but this one is close: "Pain is weakness leaving the body"
Amen to that. |
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Miss Aetherly
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2009, 08:22:10 pm » |
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I always live by the motto "Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it." Or as the good bard put it "What is past is prologue."
My favorite motto, although sometimes I think that may be the reason I dwell too much on the past. Other favorites: "Everything happens for a reason" and "Be positive" |
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2009, 08:23:57 pm » |
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I don't have a proper one I hold to, but this one is close: "Pain is weakness leaving the body"
Wow... I didnt know that Imperial Inquisitors were allowed to share secrets of the Ordo Hereticus with us plain mortals. Wait, does this mean that this part of the forum will be under Exterminatus? *Throws his hands up and starts panicking* |
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CapnHarlock
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2009, 08:29:11 pm » |
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I am rather fond of the (fictional, and probably-ungrammatical ) Addams family motto: "Sic Gorgiamus Alles Subjectatos Nunc" - "We Gladly Feast Upon Those who Would Oppress Us"  |
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Jeremiah Cornelius Harlock
At Your Service
"It's so hard to know if you're bound for a fall,
But better to have tripped than never danced at all."
"Dancing Under The Rose" - The Albion Band.
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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009, 08:34:25 pm » |
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One I like:
"Mobilis in Mobili"
Moving in a moving thing. The nautilus's motto of course.
And my personal one:
"Non Illigiti Carborundum"
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
-Matt
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« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2009, 12:15:08 am » |
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For quite a number of reasons for me there is:
"Ordo Ab Chao"
Out of Chaos, Comes Order or Order out of Chaos
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Victor Magnus, Magica et Machina
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2009, 12:22:02 am » |
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"It can always be worse"
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Prof. Douglas Von Dragoon
Gunner
United States
If gods were realists, this world would be boring.
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2009, 12:57:48 am » |
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Already posted in Heraldry thread, but my motto is:
Veritas Vos Liberabit or, The Truth Shall Set You Free
Another great motto is: Winter is Coming
(sorry, I had to)
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~Professor Douglas Von Dragoon~ -Steam Engineer -Cogworker -Master Wordsmith -Certified Disturbance of the Peace The Ursa Major is recruiting, sign up here!~ Veritas Vos Liberabit~ |
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JohnSix
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2009, 12:59:50 am » |
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I think my sig would make a good motto.
It's a quote from the fantastic comic: Planetary.
Would love to know what it is in Latin.
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Miss Kins
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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2009, 01:20:30 am » |
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I find Sodomy non sapiens works for me most of the time  . |
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''Sure, it's all fun and games until the tentacled lizard-spider that was your crotch tells you that everything is made of Tuesday because only the sky can cook happiness.''
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2009, 01:47:29 am » |
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"Touch not the cat bot a glove" Clan motto
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"I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges. Lest the progress of improvement tomorrow, might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law, the prejudices or errors of today."
~Isambard Kingdom Brunel~
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Dusza Beben
Rogue Ætherlord
United States
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« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2009, 02:11:42 am » |
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The Bomb Bay Tea Company motto:
"Victory Through Opulence!"
DB
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Marrock
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« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2009, 02:19:58 am » |
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Cogito ergo est.
"I think therefore you is"
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Interstellar Machine
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« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2009, 04:03:49 am » |
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"rectus quod substrictus" . . . "Straight and Narrow"
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helios
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« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2009, 04:30:38 am » |
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The classic NZ one;
"She'll be right"
Not mine personally, but I've used it many a time.
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In smoggiest day, in sooted night no ignorance shall escape my sight. Let those who worship ignorance's might, beware my power... Brass Goggles light! |
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Captain Brandsson
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« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2009, 04:36:48 am » |
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"Live in the world as it should be to show the world what it can be."
"If it ain't broke, you can still fix it."
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... Well, I have others."
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