Variants
B. Burke (1884) and Chassant & Tausin (1878), and other sources, list a number of similar mottos that appeared in family or city coats of arms in Great Britain, Ireland and France, though none was ever as popular as Semper fidelis. They include:
- Semper constans et fidelis (Always constant and faithful; Irton, Lynch, Mellor and Spoor families)
- Semper fidelis esto (Be always faithful; Steele family, Henry de Lolière family Auvergne Nobili Tome III)
- Semper et ubique fidelis (Always and everywhere faithful; De Burgh family)
- Semper fidelis et audax (Always faithful and brave; Moore and O'More families)
- Semper fidelis, mutare sperno (Always faithful, I scorn to change; City of Worcester)
- Semper Fidus (Always faithful)
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“Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)