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One for all, and all for one (un pour tous, tous pour un; also inverted to All for one, and one for all) is a motto traditionally associated with the King's Musketeers in the novel The Three Musketeers written by Alexandre Dumas, père. In the novel, it was the motto of a trio of French musketeers named Athos, Porthos and Aramis who stayed loyal to each other through thick and thin. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... For other uses, see The Three Musketeers (disambiguation). ... Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. ... For other uses of this term, see Musketeer (disambiguation). ... Athos is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Porthos is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas. ... René dHerblay Aramis is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas. ...


On November 30, 2002, in an elaborate but solemn procession, six Republican Guards carried the coffin of Dumas from their original interment site in the Cimetière de Villers-Cotterêts in Aisne to the Panthéon. The coffin was draped in a blue-velvet cloth inscribed with the motto. November 30 is the 334th day (335th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Two republican guards in ceremony uniform in front of a side entrance of the Élysée Palace The French Republican Guard (French: Garde républicaine) is the ceremonial unit of the Gendarmerie Nationale of France. ... Villers-Cotterêts is a commune of the Aisne département in the Picardie (Picardy) région in northern France. ... Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. ... The Panthéon Interior Dome of the Panthéon Foucault pendulum in the Panthéon Voltaires statue and tomb in the crypt of the Panthéon The Panthéon (Latin Pantheon[1], from Greek Pantheon, meaning Temple of all the Gods) is a building in the Latin Quarter in...


The motto has passed into popular usage as a statement of solidarity among comrades. It is used by the Hells Angels, among others. Hells Angels New York City The Hells Angels is a motorcycle club formed in 1948 in Fontana, California, where the local chapter remains active. ...


In its Latin version, Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno, it is also the traditional motto of Switzerland. It is also seen on the arches of Seahaven in the film The Truman Show. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno is a Latin phrase that means One for all, all for one in English. ... The Truman Show is a 1998 movie directed by Peter Weir, written by Andrew Niccol, and starring Jim Carrey. ...


It is also used as a song in the Monty Python musical "Spamalot" Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. ... Monty Pythons Spamalot is a comedic musical lovingly ripped off from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). ...


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