Non nobis solum

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Non nobis solum (Latin: "Not for ourselves alone") is a Latin motto. Its meaning indicates an ideal of unselfishness, and of a betterment of the self in order to help others.

Appears in Cicero de officiis, 1:22 in the form non nobis solum nati sumus ("we are not born for ourselves alone").

A common variation is non nobis, sed omnibus ("not for us, but for everyone").

[edit] Used by

• Adrian Lamo, as a frequent tagline.
• Beckenham Borough Council
• The town of Burnie, in Tasmania, Australia. It had appeared on the council seal of the town until 1992, when the seal was updated to a new, more colourful one without the motto present.
• Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, a public school in Toronto, Canada
• Lower Canada College, a private school in Quebec
• The Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia.
• Stan Hywet Hall, inscribed above the main doors.
• University College, Durham, hinting that the university was created as the first in Northern England, in order to improve conditions in the region as a whole.