The Slovenian coat of arms consists of a red bordered blue shield on which there is a stylised white Mount Triglav. According to its author, Marko Pogačnik, the Triglav symbolises the male principle. There are two white bending lines below it, representing the Triglav Lakes Valley and the Slovenian sea and rivers in general, or the female principle. Above Triglav, there are three golden, six-pointed stars, forming a triangle and symbolising democracy. The stars are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje.
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“Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.”
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With some friend that has the wit
Not to allow his looks to tell
When I am unintelligible.
Fifteen apparitions have I seen;
The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger.”
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