what is north carolina's motto
Esse Quam Videri. The North Carolina state motto is a Latin motto which in English means To be, rather than to seem. The Latin motto originates from a section in Cicero's On Friendship (De Amicitia, chapter 26). The whole phrase is: Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt.. The North Carolina motto was adopted in 1893 which is rather late.