About the phrase Balian has in his workshop
There is a quote in Kingdom of Heaven, when Balian explains to Liam Neeson's character the meaning of a phrase he has carved in wood in his workshop.
He says the meaning is "What man is a man who does not make the world better."
I have two questions regarding this phrase:
In what language and alphabet is the phrase carved in the wood? Can you reproduce it here with a great degree of confidence?
Was this phrase invented for the movie, or does it have a historical precedence? Does it appear elsewhere in literature or history?
Best Answer
The film script indicates that it's Latin
ODO, still eating his apple, sees: a LATIN PHRASE CUT DEEP INTO A BLACKENED BEAM (or painted, like a frieze, onto the plaster). He points with the sword.
That being the case, the translation would be
Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem
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