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labor omnia vincit
[ lah-bohr ohm-nee-ah wing-kit; English ley-ber om-nee-uh vin-sit ]
- work conquers all: motto of Oklahoma.
Example Sentences
And taking a cue from the Latin-loving Brown, he tossed out the dictum labor omnia vincit, which means "work conquers all."
While certainly not the equal of Tintoretto鈥檚 murals for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, Mr. Winter鈥檚 mural is a consequential work by an artist who had a number of important commissions: the monumental bas-relief at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Paul the Apostle on Columbus Avenue, the mural 鈥淭itans鈥 at United Nations headquarters, a mosaic mural of the Annunciation in the Catholic chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, and two murals for A.F.L.-C.I.O. headquarters in Washington, 鈥淟abor Omnia Vincit鈥 and 鈥淟abor Is Life.鈥
Labor omnia vincit proved to be exactly what Julius Mablethorpe had said it was鈥攐nly half a truth; and Dumps's conclusion that Love and Work are interdependent terms was borne out to the letter.
You have discovered for yourself鈥攐r think you have鈥攖hat labor omnia vincit.
Labor omnia vincit," he said, "is only half a truth.
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