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dum spiro, spero

[ doom-spee-roh, spey-roh; English duhm-spahy-roh, speer-oh ]

Latin.
  1. while I breathe, I hope: a motto of South Carolina.


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“Dum spiro, spero,†he says softly, pausing for a moment before translating the Latin.

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Additionally, the Greenville lawmaker’s bill would require displaying the state motto, “Dum spiro spero,†on the same posters.

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After all, our state motto is Dum spiro spero.

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The devices comprising this brass plate are all taken from the state seal, including the mottos Animis Opibusque Parati and Dum Spiro Spero Spes.

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Dum spiro, spero�while I breathe, I hope�is young John Henry Johnson's motto.

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