"Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away."
"Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1."
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Source: 1602 A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions Concerning Religion and State. This was an influential reworking of Ferdinand I's motto. See Ferdinand I 320:1.
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