Record #:

34550

Author(s):

Clark, Justice Walter

Abstract:

The North Carolina state motto Esse Quam Videri was adopted to express the honest character of North Carolinians. Translated as ‘to be rather than to seem,’ it was adopted in 1893 and adorns the North Carolina coat of arms.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 9 Issue 3, January 1910, p179-182

Subject(s):

Mottoes--North Carolina