I bet Thomas McSmart-arse makes some dumb comment about my nose-ring.

if thou didst know what a life I lead with that drivel, it would make thee even of pity receive me into thy only comfort

Clearly, the relationship between pictura and motto became more literal in this emblem.

Democracies did particularly badly against lateralism, because their politicians were working to very short agendas. They did nothing decisive to save the ecospherre, as everything had to be balanced to appease competing interests. Lateralism ignored wealth. Soon, there were only guards, goods, and obscenely rich people left in conventional economies.