nemo me impune lacessit

[ ne-moh me im-poo-ne lah-kes-sit; English nee-moh mee im-pyoo-nee luh-ses-it ]

/ ˈnɛ moʊ mɛ ɪmˈpu nɛ lɑˈkɛs sɪt; English ˈni moʊ mi ɪmˈpyu ni ləˈsɛs ɪt /

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no one attacks me with impunity: motto of Scotland.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

This fancy spice pack pairs with four different spirits—vodka, tequila, aquavit, and gin—to ensure the perfect morning pick-me-up.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tsongas and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) have led the charge for an all-American recruit shoe in Congress.
New Balance Lobbies Congress to Make the U.S. Military's Only Running Shoe|Tim Mak|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But instead of a witty pop song, we have yet more woe-is-me-feel-my-pain from an overpaid, over-cosseted celebrity.
Why We Should Hate 'Haters Gonna Hate'|Tim Teeman|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I would rather not say it annoys me because it sounds so aggrieved and me-centered.
The Author Of The Summer's Hit Paranoid Fantasy Opens Up|William O’Connor|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Played in reverse that becomes ‘Here’s me/Here I am/What we have lost/I am the messenger of love.
The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet these years spent in cafés and in studios have not turned them out into the world a devil-me-care lot of dreamers.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Civitas opulenta, dives, fecunda, in qua nemo vivat otiosus.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Great fire at Eastport, Me., by which the larger portion of the business part of the town was destroyed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Desertion doesn't mean a sea of water between, it means an ocean of self-will and love-me-first between.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
For he's the soul of honor, Thyrsis; and he can't help how he feels about me-any more than I can help it.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair