Dum vivimus vivamus

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Philip Doddridge's portrait and his Coat of arms. The motto in the Coat of arms is Dum vivimus vivamus.

Dum vivimus vivamus is a Latin phrase that means "While we live, let us live."[1][2] It is often taken to be an Epicurean declaration.[1]

This Latin phrase was the motto of Philip Doddridge's coat of arms.[3]

Usage[]

It serves as the motto for the Porcellian Club at Harvard. Emily Dickinson used the line in a whimsical valentine written to William Howland in 1852 and subsequently published in the Springfield Daily Republican:[4]

"Sic transit gloria mundi,"
"How doth the busy bee,"
"Dum vivimus vivamus,"
I stay mine enemy! [...]

It is the motto inscribed on the sword of "Oscar" Gordon, the protagonist of Robert Heinlein's 1963 book Glory Road.[5] It is also the motto of the Knights of Momus, a New Orleans Carnival organization.[citation needed] Tottenham Hotspur footballer Dele Alli has the phrase tattooed on the back of his neck.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "dum vivimus, vivamus". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  2. ^ "dum vivimus vivamus". merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  3. ^ Job Orton (1766). Memoirs of the Life, Character and Writings of the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge. London: J. Eddowes. p. 145.
  4. ^ Richard Benson Sewall (2003). The Life of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. p. 450. ISBN 0674530802.
  5. ^ Heinlein, Robert A. (1963). Glory Road (12th printing, 1970 ed.). Berkley Medallion Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-425-01809-1.

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