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dum spiro, spero
[doom-spee-
Latin.
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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