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labor omnia vincit

[ lah-bohr ohm-nee-ah wing-kit; English ley-ber om-nee-uh vin-sit ]

Latin.
  1. work conquers all: motto of Oklahoma.


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And taking a cue from the Latin-loving Brown, he tossed out the dictum labor omnia vincit, which means "work conquers all."

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While certainly not the equal of Tintoretto’s murals for the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, Mr. Winter’s mural is a consequential work by an artist who had a number of important commissions: the monumental bas-relief at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Paul the Apostle on Columbus Avenue, the mural “Titans†at United Nations headquarters, a mosaic mural of the Annunciation in the Catholic chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, and two murals for A.F.L.-C.I.O. headquarters in Washington, “Labor Omnia Vincit†and “Labor Is Life.â€

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Labor omnia vincit proved to be exactly what Julius Mablethorpe had said it was—only half a truth; and Dumps's conclusion that Love and Work are interdependent terms was borne out to the letter.

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You have discovered for yourself—or think you have—that labor omnia vincit.

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Labor omnia vincit," he said, "is only half a truth.

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