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An overview of Mottoes used in civic heraldry.
#Redirect [[:Category:List of mottoes used in heraldry]]
 
This page is under construction, if you see a motto on the site that is not yet listed here or have any other addition, please [{Contact|mail me]] !
 
Only true mottoes are listed here, no town names in banners around the arms.
 
The mottoes are listed by language.
 
==Mottoes in Dutch==
 
Mottoes with Dutch as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vrede en recht
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Peace and Justice
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[['s Gravenhage|'s Gravenhage/The Hague]]
|-
|}
 
 
==Mottoes in English==
 
Mottoes with English as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Born in conflict - settled in peace
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ajax]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By industry and integrity
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berwick (Nova Scotia)]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Determined we began - determined we remain
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Ameliasburg]]
|-
|}
 
==Mottoes in French==
 
Mottoes with French as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
|-
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Sur terre et sur mer, Berthier toujours plus fier
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By sea and by land, Berthier always prouder
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Berthier-sur-Mer]]
|}
 
==Mottoes in Greek==
 
Mottoes with ancient Greek as the original language.
 
 
==Mottoes in Latin==
 
Mottoes with Latin as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Centum salutationes
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[100 Mile House]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|In deo imperium sed populus administrat
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Bruce County]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Unus cum viribus duorum
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Abbotsford]]
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Vires acquirit eundo
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|We gather strength as we go
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Virgil, Aeneid IV, 175
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Brandon]]
|-
 
|}
 
==Mottoes in Old Norse==
 
Mottoes with Old Norse as the original language.
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; border: 1px solid #000066; padding: 0"
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Motto'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="300 px"|'''Translation in English'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Origin'''
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0" width="200px"|'''Used by'''
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|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Með lögum skal land byggja
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|By law shall the land be built up
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|Njáls Saga
|style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0 1px 1px 0"|[[Zetland]], [Shetland Islands]]
|}

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