Dum Spiro Spero Archived Message Posted by Mary on December 13, 2020, 2:32 pm These Latin words came from the mouth of Johnson earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dum_spiro_spe. A school motto of his or is he just showing off? When he wasn't wrecking the joint he read Classics at Balliol. 'Johnson was educated at Eton College and studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1986.' Is there any record of his speech when he became President of the Union? Message Thread: Dum Spiro Spero - Mary December 13, 2020, 2:32 pm Re: Dum Spiro Spero - Mary December 13, 2020, 2:49 pm   Searching