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  2. Sic transit gloria mundi - Wikipedia

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    In the video game Overwatch 2, The character "Soldier 76" uses the voice line "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi." In the feature film 'The Tracker' (2002) directed by Rolf de Heer, a fanatical policeman says "sic transit gloria mundi", each word accompanied by him pointing a pistol where the heads of a group of Indigenous Australians had been minutes ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    sic semper tyrannis: thus always to tyrants: Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these events is disputed. State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776. sic transit gloria mundi: thus passes the glory of ...

  4. Category:Latin mottos - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Sic semper tyrannis; Sic transit gloria mundi; Sine ira et studio; Sit tibi terra levis; Soli Deo gloria;

  5. Thomas Pounde - Wikipedia

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    Pounde, humiliated, replied "Sic transit gloria mundi" and thenceforward retired from court life. [ 2 ] Shortly afterwards he was reconciled to the Roman Catholic Church, probably by Father Henry Alway , and, after some time of seclusion at Beaumond, began an active career as a proselytiser.

  6. A Canticle for Leibowitz - Wikipedia

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    Joshua, the last crew member to board the starship, knocks the dirt from his sandals (a reference to Matthew 10:14, "If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet"), murmuring "Sic transit mundus" ("Thus passes the world", a play on the phrase sic transit gloria mundi, "thus ...

  7. Der Mensch lebt und bestehet - Wikipedia

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    The poem reflects how short-lived and transient are both the human existence and the splendor of the world (sic transit gloria mundi), in contrast to God who is eternal and omnipresent. The shorter last line states that we are in his hands.

  8. Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades - Wikipedia

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    "Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades" is a single by American rock band Brand New from their second album Deja Entendu. "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" was released to radio on November 18, 2003. [2] The title itself comes from the 1998 film Rushmore, "Sic transit gloria... Glory fades" being one of main character Max Fischer's most memorable ...

  9. Fifth Business - Wikipedia

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    Libby Doe is a play on the word "libido", borrowed from Latin by Freud to mean the inner impulse-driven part of the psyche. Gloria Mundy is a play on the Latin religious phrase Sic transit gloria mundi, or "Thus passes the glory of the world."