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  2. Culture of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    Improvise, Adapt and Overcome has become an adopted mantra in many units [34] Semper Gumby is a play on semper flexibilis. Purported to mean "always flexible", the true Latin translation is semper flexibilis; [34] "gumby" is taken from the cartoon character Gumby. Semper Gumby is also popular among Navy personnel.

  3. United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Marine motto Semper Fidelis means Always Faithful in Latin, often appearing as Semper Fi. The Marines' Hymn dates back to the 19th century and is the oldest official song in the United States armed forces. Semper Fi is also the name of the official march of the Corps, composed by John Philip Sousa.

  4. List of Latin phrases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:

  5. List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes - Wikipedia

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    3rd Infantry Regiment - Latin: Noli Me Tangere, lit. 'Touch me not' 4th Infantry Regiment - Latin: Noli Me Tangere, lit. 'Touch me not' 5th Infantry Regiment - I'll Try, Sir; 6th Infantry Regiment - Unity is Strength; 7th Infantry Regiment - Latin: Volens et Potens, lit. 'Willing and Able' 8th Infantry Regiment - Latin: Patriae Fidelitas, lit.

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...

  7. Nemo me impune lacessit - Wikipedia

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    Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for 'No one provokes me with impunity') is the national motto of Scotland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It also served as the national motto of the historic Kingdom of Scotland prior to the Treaty of Union 1707 .

  8. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter L.

  9. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter V.