Esto perpetua is the state motto of Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

. The motto appears on the back of the 2007 Idaho quarter

Quarter (United States coin)

A quarter dollar, commonly shortened to quarter, is a coin worth ¼ of a United States dollar, or 25 cents. The quarter has been produced since 1796. The choice of 25¢ as a denomination, as opposed to 20¢ which is more common in other parts of the world, originated with the practice of dividing...

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The words are traced back to the Venetian

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 theologian and mathematician Paolo Sarpi

Paolo Sarpi

Fra Paolo Sarpi was a Venetian patriot, scholar, scientist and church reformer. His most important roles were as a canon lawyer and historian active on behalf of the Venetian Republic.- Early years :...

 (1552-1623), also known as Fra Paolo. The day before his death he had dictated three replies to questions on affairs of state, and his last words were "Esto perpetua" reportedly in reference to his beloved Venice and translated as "Mayest thou endure forever!" When the designer of the state seal

Seal of Idaho

The Seal of the Territory of Idaho was adopted in 1863, and redrawn several times before statehood in 1890. The state Great Seal was designed by Emma Edwards Green, the only woman to design a state seal....

 Emma Edwards Green described the motto on the seal, she translated it as "It is perpetuated" or "It is forever".

The motto was also adopted by:

• MS Tireless, Trafalgar Class Submarine Royal Navy
• The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, a farm organization constituted in Washington D.C. on December 4, 1867
• S. Thomas' College
  S. Thomas' College
  The College of St Thomas the Apostle, popularly known as "S. Thomas' College", is a private Anglican school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka...
  
  , Mount Lavinia, Bandarawela, Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
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  , translated as "Be Thou Forever"
• The Pirates Rugby Football Club in Dunedin, New Zealand, which was formed in 1882
• The Sigma Phi Society
  Sigma Phi
  The Sigma Phi Society was founded on 4 March 1827, on the campus of Union College as a part of the Union Triad in Schenectady, New York.It is the second oldest Greek fraternal organization in the United States, and the oldest in continuous existence...
  
  
• The Club
• Chatham Hall
  Chatham Hall
  Chatham Hall is an all-girls college-preparatory boarding school located in Chatham, Virginia, United States. Graduating classes are fewer than forty students each year. The school was founded as Chatham Episcopal Institute in 1894, Chatham Hall. The athletics teams play in the Blue Ridge Conference...
  
  School, Chatham, Virginia, translated as "She will live forever"
• The Winyah Indigo Society, Georgetown, S.C., incorporated 1754.