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[[John Milton]] (1608–1674), ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', Book 1 (1667). –[[User:Pjoef|p<span style="color: #802400">joe</span>f]] <small>(''[[User talk:Pjoef|talk]]'' • [[Special:Contributions/Pjoef|contribs]])</small> 07:04, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
[[John Milton]] (1608–1674), ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', Book 1 (1667). –[[User:Pjoef|p<span style="color: #802400">joe</span>f]] <small>(''[[User talk:Pjoef|talk]]'' • [[Special:Contributions/Pjoef|contribs]])</small> 07:04, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
*'''Support''' --[[User:I dream of horses|I dream of horses]] ([[User talk:I dream of horses|T]]) @ 03:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
*'''Support''' --[[User:I dream of horses|I dream of horses]] ([[User talk:I dream of horses|T]]) @ 03:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

===[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|→]] [[WP:NPA|Get your stinkin' paws off me, you damn dirty ape!]]===
''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (19). –[[User:Pjoef|p<span style="color: #802400">joe</span>f]] <small>(''[[User talk:Pjoef|talk]]'' • [[Special:Contributions/Pjoef|contribs]])</small> 06:53, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

*'''Oppose''' Is it such a good idea to use a personal attack to tell people to not personally attack. --[[User:I dream of horses|I dream of horses]] ([[User talk:I dream of horses|T]]) @ 03:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' - We've done this before. [[User:Kayau|Kayau]] <small>([[User talk:Kayau|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Kayau|contribs]]) </small> 07:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

{{Declined}} (no consensus) –[[User:Pjoef|p<span style="color: #802400">joe</span>f]] <small>(''[[User talk:Pjoef|talk]]'' • [[Special:Contributions/Pjoef|contribs]])</small> 07:09, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

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When placing mottos, please include them in the top of the In Review section instead of the bottom. Thank you.


Note: If you are adding nominations for specific dates, holidays or other special reasons please add to the Specials section and NOT HERE.
Also, please check the archives in case the motto has been submitted and subsequently approved before. If this is the case try to think up another motto instead. Please check Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations.
Otherwise feel free to add your suggestion, express your opinion on a nomination or create an edited version of a nomination by using these formats:

===[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:MOTD|Motto]] with words/phrases linked to the [[WP:PRJ|Wikipedia namespace]].===
Origin of the motto and your comments. ~~~~

*'''Support''' your reason... (optional). ~~~~
*'''Oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*'''Weak support'''/'''oppose''' your reason.... ~~~~
*''Comment''/''Note'': your comment/note.... ~~~~
*'''Speedy close''' your reason.... ~~~~

====[[wlink to the author/work or nearest article, if exists|→]] [[WP:EDIT|Edited]] [[WP:MOTD|motto]].====
'''Edit n''' reason for edit, what was changed, etc.. ~~~~

Non sum qualis eram
("I am not what I was")

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 BC), Carmina 4/1:3. –pjoef (talkcontribs) 09:11, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Never be it said
That Fate itself could awe the soul of Richard.
Hence, babbling dreams; you threaten here in vain;
Conscience, avaunt, Richard's himself again!
Hark! the shrill trumpet sounds. To horse! away!
My soul's in arms, and eager for the fray.

Colley Cibber (1671–1757), Shakespeare's Richard III (Altered), Act V, Scene III.

No patty fingers, if you please. The proprieties at all times.

The Quiet Man (1952). –pjoef (talkcontribs) 08:57, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non qui parum habet, set qui plus cupit, pauper est
("It is not he who has little, but he who wants more, who is the pauper")

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 2:6. –pjoef (talkcontribs) 08:27, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non qui parum habet, set qui plus cupit, pauper est
("It is not he who has little, but he who wants more, who is the pauper")

Edit 1 with a different set of links. –pjoef (talkcontribs) 08:27, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns,
And pass them current too. God's me, my horse!

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Henry IV, Part 1 (1598), act 2, scene 3. –pjoef (talkcontribs) 08:07, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Frau Bleucher.

Young Frankenstein (1974). –pjoef (talkcontribs) 07:57, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non possunt primi esse omnes omni in tempore
("Not everyone can occupy the first rank forever")

Decimus Laberius (c. 105 – 43 BC). –pjoef (talkcontribs) 07:30, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen!
Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head!
Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood;
Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), Richard III, act V, scene VIII. –pjoef (talkcontribs) 07:16, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself: 'This is the best I'm ever going to look, the best I'm ever going to feel, the best I'm ever going to do', and it ain't that great?

City Slickers (1991). –pjoef (talkcontribs) 06:58, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That voice … heard so oft
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle when it raged.

John Milton (1608–1674), Paradise Lost, Book 1 (1667). –pjoef (talkcontribs) 07:04, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]