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North Carolina Motto
"Esse quam videri"
(To be, rather than to seem)
Adopted in 1893.
Language: Latin
Adopted in 1893,
North Carolina's motto, Esse Quam Videri, signifying To be rather than to seem, may be found in Cicero's De Amicitia, Section 26, line 16. The sense in which Cicero used this expression in the De Amicitia is different from that in which the motto is used today. Cicero says, enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt... meaning thereby, indeed not so many wish to be endowed with virtue as wish to seem to be...
Chapter 144 - State Flag, Motto and Colors.
SECTION 144-2. State motto.
§ 144-2. State motto.
The words "esse quam videri" are hereby adopted as the motto of this State, and as such shall be engraved on the great seal of North Carolina and likewise at the foot of the coat of arms of the State as a part thereof. On the coat of arms, in addition to the motto, at the bottom, there shall be inscribed at the top the words, "May 20th, 1775." (1893, c. 145; Rev., s. 5320; C.S., s. 7536.)
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