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Semper fidelis
Always faithful, U.S. Marines motto.
Gottfried Semper
(29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841.
semper idem
Semper paratus
Always prepared for any situation.
semper fi
Always faithful, U.S. Marine motto.
Sic semper tyrannis
"Thus always to tyrants" motto.
montani semper liberi
Semper Gumby
an unofficial dog Latin motto meaning "Always Flexible," used within the United States Military, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Semper Solaris
Semper Solaris Construction, Inc. is a residential solar power installation company based in San Diego, California, founded by Kelly Shawhan and John Almond in 2012.
Semper Femina
the sixth studio album by British singer-songwriter, Laura Marling, and was released on 10 March 2017, on More Alarming Records.
John Semper
John Semper Jr. (born August 14) is an American screenwriter, producer and story editor with numerous credits in animation for television.
Ecclesia semper reformanda est
(Latin for "the Church must always be reformed", often shortened to Ecclesia semper reformanda) a phrase first greatly popularizedSteve Perisho: "Semper reformanda," at http://spu.libguides.com/DCL2017/Reformation#s-lg-box-wrapper-18675181, citing himself (August Bauer in 1893) but more importantly J. N. Mouthaan, "Besprekingsartikel: Ecclesia semper reformanda: modern of premodern?," Documentatieblad Nadere Reformatie 38, no. 1, who cites Abraham Kuyper in 1892, and observes that this means both that "The formulation ecclesia semper reformanda is much older than 1947", and that "The origin of this formulation lies therefore even earlier [than in] Kuyper." by the Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth in 1947, allegedly deriving from a saying of St. Augustine..
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