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5562. MOTTOES, Beauty of.—

I shall
omit the word agisos, according to the license
you allow me, because I think the beauty of a
motto is to condense much matter in as few
words as possible. [346]
To George Wythe. Washington ed. ii, 6. Ford ed., iv, 267.
(P. 1786)

 
[346]

Jefferson proposed this motto for the Coat of
Arms of Virginia: “Rex est qui regem non habet.”
The mottoes on his own seals were: “Ab eo libertas,
a quo spiritus”, and “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience
to God”.—Editor.