Something trivial

Something profound-sounding in Latin, a joke, or a famous quote?

Or perhaps something original, but I have honestly no idea.
 
Here's a couple of good mottos: :lol:


Vescere bracis meis. (eat my loin cloth)

Stercus accidit. (feces occurs)

Nullum Gratuitum Prandium. (There's no free lunch)

Die dulci fruere. (Have a nice day)

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head)

Fac ut gaudeam. (Make my day)

Radix lecti. (Couch potato)

Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? (Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?)

:lol:
 
No to all of the above. It's got to be somewhat serious.

Maybe:

"Diversity breeds innovation"

"In Democracy/Freedom/Liberty/etc. we trust"

"(Any of the above) for all"

"Umquam superus" ("Ever Higher")

"Solidarity in Strength"
 
Maybe something that references our tumultuous history but expresses a note of optimism?

"Out of hardship, we arise/emerge stronger"

"The strong bend but never break"
 
dont pick it up:
You can do as you please, just dont pick it up.
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Ba-dum CHING!

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TNP isn't a region for some stuffy, fancy, formal motto. It just doesn't seem to fit out style. At least "Never eat Yellow Snow" reflects our odd, quirky yet helpful behavior. Or something.
 
Something by Terry Pratchett, perhaps:

In our dreams we are free. The rest of the time we need wages
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a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
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Or perhaps one of the battle cries of the Nac Mac Feegle, from his book "the Wee Free Men":

"They can tak' oour lives, but they cannae tak' oour troousers!"
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"Bang went saxpence!"
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"Ye'll tak' the high road an' I'll tak' yer wallet!"
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"Crivens"
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"We ha' the law on oour side!"
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"The law's made to tak' care o' raskills!"
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(my personal favourite)
 
ablocare populus laboro? I am sure I have heard that motto somewhere before..... Hang on - it's the national motto of one Borogravia Moldavi, isn't it? How coincidental.

What does it mean? Something like "I work to rent out the people"?
 
How about
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
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It is a real life motto of a real jurisdiction, but I do think it reflects the region's history and struggles as well as the common values that this region shares.
 
flemingovia:
ablocare populus laboro? I am sure I have heard that motto somewhere before..... Hang on - it's the national motto of one Borogravia Moldavi, isn't it? How coincidental.

What does it mean? Something like "I work to rent out the people"?
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"Let the people suffer"
 
I do not know who translated your latin for you, but "ablocare" means to let as in hire out, not "let" as in "allow"

That verb would be either concedere or licere. possibly patior.
 
flemingovia:
I do not know who translated your latin for you, but "ablocare" means to let as in hire out, not "let" as in "allow"

That verb would be either concedere or licere. possibly patior.
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I know.

Since this is just a game and has always been treated as such by me I prefer to use those words in such circumstances that are more appealing verbally. You will also find that the order of the words is incorrect as well.

Oh well. I will lose no sleep.

populus laboro licere doesn't sound as nice to me.
 
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