School Mottos
The original motto of Berkhamsted School was virtus laudata crescit, Latin for "greatness increases with praise", establishing the ideology on which the school is based.
Berkhamsted School for Girls was advised festina lente, a Latin imperative with which Aldus Manutius is credited, meaning "hurry slowly", reminiscent of the contemporary phrase "more haste less speed".
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