Experto crede

Experto crede is a Latin motto which means Trust in one experienced; literally: "(the/an) expert trust".[1] It is usually used by an author as an aside to the reader, and may be loosely translated as: "trust me", "trust the expert", "believe one who has tried it", or "have faith in experience". When "crede" is followed by a personal name (e.g., crede John Smith), the expert in question is the name given.

In the variant form experto credite it is a quotation from the Aeneid by Virgil (Book XI, line 283).

Uses
  • It is the official motto of the Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing, which flies Air Force One and transports other senior leaders of the US government[2]
  • "Experto Crede" is the name of Adéwalé's ship in the Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag [DLC Freedom Cry]
gollark: I suppose there is a limit to how fast you can digest cereal bars.
gollark: They seem to get oddly tired out during combat in that, even though I ran the numbers and they could plausibly do lots of combat things with just a few cereal bars for energy.
gollark: It's basically just "say arbitrary things and they happen and also you lose energy somehow".
gollark: Actual lasers. High-energy pulsed ones.
gollark: At GTech™ Fictional Site-1032483 we mostly just use orbital laser strikes against mages.

See also

References
  1. E. Cobham Brewer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. "Experto Crede. Believe one who has had experience in the matter."
  2. 89th Airlift Wing Fact Sheet: Motto: EXPERTO CREDE ... "Trust One Who Has Experience"
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