Esse Quam Videri: To Be Rather Than To Seem. It's the state motto of North Carolina, and a pretty good philosophy if you ask me. Besides, it's Latin, so it sounds cool by nature. This is the Great Seal of the State, which you'll see all over the place where I live and work. But you'd expect that in the state capial, right?
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Raleigh, NC - October 2008 (Click to embiggen)
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I had to laugh the way it's called "the great seal" rather than "the seal of the great state of..."
I guess the founding fathers were really impressed with their graphic designer lol.
Love that background too - what a wonderful blue.
yip, great words!
Pretty neat! What are those dates, Mojo? Are they something to do with the Revolution? One is 1775 and the other, 1776. I know NC was an early colony, so it can't be that...
Sheila (who found your Blue Monday post!) :-)
It's a nice flag... and great words to live by..
Nice color blue.
I love finding out what these latin mottos say!
I love finding out what these latin mottos say!
"besides its latin so it sounds cool by nature"
what a great line!
This could be an interesting subject for bloggers, to post their state seal and explain the motto, or maybe their city's if others beat them to posting their state info.
Interesting! Happy Blue Monday!
Blessings,
Sandi
That's a fitting motto; no wonder you're proud of it. Thanks for sharing. Happy Blue Monday.
great post...of course I had to google the seal so I could learn more! I may have to borrow your idea for a post sometime! Happy Blue Monday ~ Susan
This is really creative. The seal is beautiful and it's certainly blue. I love posts that teach something that was unknown before. Have a great day.
Words to live by... and a particularly nice blue-closeup shot!
Hi
Happy Blue Monday .
This was a great post :)
Thanks.
Have a wonderful week.
Happy Trails
Great words and lovley post!
I agree with you. Latin sounds cool and so Vackert by nature! :)
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