''Dum vivimus vivamus'' is a Latin phrase that means "While we live, let us live." It is often taken to be an Epicurean declaration. This Latin phrase was the motto of Philip Doddridge's coat of arms.

Usage

It serves as the motto for the Porcellian Club at Harvard. Emily Dickinson used the line in a whimsical

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written to William Howland in 1852 and subsequently published in the '' Springfield Daily Republican'': It is the motto inscribed on the sword of "Oscar" Gordon, the protagonist of Robert Heinlein's 1963 book '' Glory Road''. It is also the motto of the Knights of Momus, a New Orleans Carnival organization. Tottenham Hotspur footballer

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has the phrase tattooed on the back of his neck.

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* Latin philosophical phrases Philosophy of life Epicureanism {{Latin-vocab-stub