Nescit cedere is Latin for "He does not know how to give up." It is also the
motto of
Oglethorpe University, in reference to the school's namesake,
James Oglethorpe, who allegedly persevered through seemingly inconquerable obstacles in order to found the
colony of
Georgia. It was adapted from the Oglethorpe family crest.
References
Latin mottos
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