Repulsae Nescia is a Latin phrase meaning "ignorant of defeat" in English.Lasell College: Traditions The longer phrase from Horace, Virtus Repulsae Nescia, is often translated as "courage knows no defeat".
History It is found in Horace: Odes, III., 2, 17. The following passage:Virtus repulsae nescia sordidae Intaminatis fulget honoribus,Nec sumit aut ponit securisArbitrio popularis aurae.was translated by Conington as:True Virtue never knows defeat: Her robes she keeps unsullied still;Nor take, nor quits, her curule seat,To please a people's veering will.
Usage as a motto Rockport School in Craigavad, Holywood, N. Ireland, founded 1906 Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, founded 1854 (formerly) Lasell University in Newton, Massachusetts, founded 1851 Gisborne Boys' High School in Gisborne, New Zealand, founded 1909 Gisborne Girls' High School in Gisborne, New Zealand, founded 1956
See also List of mottos List of university mottos
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