Spectemur Agendo

Spectemur Agendo is a Latin motto which means something like “We should be judged by our deeds”.

proof

The aphorism originally appears in Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses , where it can be attributed to the hero Aias :

“Denique [...] spectemur agendo!”

"Ultimately [...] we should be recognized by our actions!"

- Ovid : Book XIII of the Metamorphoses

(Free translation into German.)

Occurrence in Germany

• The family motto of the Barons von Hammerstein .
• The motto of a German Masonic Lodge in Düsseldorf.

Another occurrence

Furthermore, Spectemur Agendo is the motto of some English, Scottish and Irish families and institutions.