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Sydney Boys' motto: Veritate et Virtute (Truth and Virtue) -
prefects motto: Veritate et Pudor (Truth and Humility).
strictly speaking they're actually
veritate et virtute: 'by truth and virtue'
virtus et pudor: 'truth and humility'

apologies to frigid who, being a latin student, should noe better than to mistranslate obvious ablatives
but the prefects motto is semi-excusable, though the translation is still poor :D
 

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Well, I don't think anything could be as irrelevant to school as the Abbotsleigh motto:

Motto: Tempus celerius radio fugit
Translation: Time flies faster than a weaver's shuttle

What do weavers have to do with school???:confused:
 

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Originally posted by pigs_can_fly


strictly speaking they're actually
veritate et virtute: 'by truth and virtue'
virtus et pudor: 'truth and humility'

apologies to frigid who, being a latin student, should noe better than to mistranslate obvious ablatives
but the prefects motto is semi-excusable, though the translation is still poor :D
=p Prefects suck bro!

newais, since you so wittingly smack-me-down, i'll add another one:

"extremos pudeat rediise" - "it shames to come last"

pigs_cannot_fly. if you :apig: :chainsaw: them
 

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"light the way"
which was ironic cos all the school captains i was friends with, from 01' to 03', have been pot heads.
 

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Originally posted by mercury
"labor omnia vincit" et "gesta non verba"

:D
As a favour to Shaz, I translate:

"Labor Omnia Vincit" - "Work conquers All" (motto of Sydney Girls' High)

"Gesta non Verba" - "Actions not Words" (sums up James Ruse to the letter)

=p
 

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strange, everyone seems to have latin mottos except our school...
damn "sincerity, scholarship, service"..
 

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Originally posted by BaByDoLL11^^
strange, everyone seems to have latin mottos except our school...
damn "sincerity, scholarship, service"..
How old is your school? Ours has been around since 1867 which is why we have a latin motto, new schools are just using english i think
 

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i hate non-religious schools having religious mottos...

just thought id mention that
 

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honour ante honoures.. or something similar..means honour before reward..i think..n we have a jubilee based on that..
 

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Originally posted by Lazy

How old is your school? Ours has been around since 1867 which is why we have a latin motto, new schools are just using english i think
since 1960 something bla bla... gee no wonder we have an english motto...
 

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"Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through troubled ways.

My school didn't actually want it to mean that someone stuffed it up or other.

My primary school was 'labor omnia vincent'
 

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I'm the same as Sophie.... yay to our school!! Well, I don't know about getting to the stars *crosses fingers* but the way has certainly been troubled at times...

Soph... our primary school has the same motto as Sydney Girl's High.... I suddenly feel elevated, sharing a motto with a posh school!!!!
 

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