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Narcissa has a BABY (born in June) (thefairest) wrote in blurred_ooc,
@ 2008-06-23 18:33:00

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Family Mottos

Family Mottos

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English Pureblood
BLACK: Toujours Pur (French, "Always pure")
CROUCH: Ad maioram bonam (Latin, "To the greater good”)
GREENGRASS: Fais qui doit, arrive qui pourra (French, "Do your duty, happen what may")
LESTRANGE: Blōdcræft (Old English, "Strength in blood")
LONGBOTTOM: Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Latin, "Who watches the watchmen?")
MALFOY: Nil satis nisi optimum (Latin, "Nothing but the best is good enough")
MULCIBER: Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere (Latin, "Necesssity knows nothing else but victory")
POTTER: Fortes fortuna adiuvat (Latin, "Fortune favours the brave")
SMITH: Ad astra per aspera (Latin, "To the stars through hard work") WILKES: Veritas vos liberabit (Latin, "The truth shall make you free")

Russian Pureblood
DOLOHOV: Сила перед милосердием, смерть перед позором. (Russian, "Strength before mercy, death before dishonour")

French Pureblood
BOUCHEZ: Tout est pur au pur (French, "Everything is pure to the pure")

Other
ABERCROMBIE: A lamh a' bheir 's i gheibh (Gaelic, "The hand that gives is the hand that gets")
PETTIGREW: Primum viveri deinde philosophari (Latin, "Live before you Philosophise")

Please comment to have your family motto added!

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	culling 2008-06-23 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Crouch: ad maiorem bonam (Latin, "To the greater good") (Reply to this)

	regulus 2008-06-23 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	(This is SO unnecessary, but I want to comment anyway, hee hee hee) Black: Toujours Pur (French, "Always pure") (Reply to this)

	notamuggle 2008-06-23 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Greengrass: Fais qui doit, arrive qui pourra - French - Do your duty, happen what may (Reply to this)

	aliasgrace 2008-06-23 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Josephine suggests someone use "Semper Ubi Sub Ubi" - Always wear underwear :D (Reply to this)

	lupusmalus 2008-06-23 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Lestrange: Blōdcræft (Strength in Blood) If you can't get the hard o to copy/paste, its "& #333;" (take out the space) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lupusmalus 2008-06-23 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Old English! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jamesopotter 2008-06-23 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	Potter: Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat (Latin: Fortune Favors the Brave) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	on_the_wall 2008-06-23 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	That is an awesome freaking song in the musical Aida. Jus' sayin' :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_bellboy36 2008-06-24 12:48 am UTC (link)
	Belby: Mortui non mordant, which is Latin for "Dead Men Tell No Tales". They're not pureblood, but they ARE social climbers with a long and violently bloody East End history :P Who says it's just the wizards that get sayings? (Reply to this)

	smiting 2008-06-24 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Smith: Ad astra per aspera (Latin: there are several different figurative ways to translate this, but I'll go with 'To the stars through hard work'). I know the Seneca quote usually goes the other way around, but it seems like everyone from NASA to the RAF to Kansas uses some variation of the norm, so I thought I'd switch it up a bit :/ (Reply to this)

	abandonedheart 2008-06-24 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	Just like the Belbys - the Abercrombies are nearly pureblooded (and Scottish) so here ya go: A lamh a' bheir 's i gheibh - "The hand that gives is the hand that gets." [Gaelic] (Reply to this)

	franked 2008-06-25 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Luke sum ipse patrem te I MEAN. Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thefairest 2008-06-25 02:59 am UTC (link)
	HAHA I love the first one XD (Reply to this) (Parent)

	eatamango 2008-06-29 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Right. Star Wars =/= BL :P (Reply to this) (Parent)

somanyregrets
2008-07-14 12:07 am UTC (link)

The Pettigrews were pureblooded, but with Mitchell's marriage (and the fact that he only had sisters), that all came to a screeching halt.

When they were pure, their family motto was:
Primum viveri deinde philosophari - Live before you philosophize [Latin]

And while I'm not sure whether the Bouchez family (the french PB side of Ellie) would count, theirs is:
Tout est pur au pur - Everything is pure to the pure [French]

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	amdolohov 2008-09-03 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Dolohov: Сила перед милосердием, смерть перед позором. (Russian: Strength before mercy, death before dishonour.) (Reply to this)

	scrubbedraw 2008-09-04 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	Mulciber: Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere (Latin- Necesssity knows nothing else but victory.) (Reply to this)

	sunriser 2008-09-18 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	Wilkes: Veritas vos liberabit (Latin - The truth shall make you free) (Reply to this)

	sapience 2009-07-19 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	Travers: Constantia et fidelitate. (Latin: By perseverance and fidelity.) Bones: Ex constantia victoria. (Latin: In steadiness, victory.) (Reply to this)