“circumspice si”

The following 2 entries include the term circumspice si.

si monumentum requiris, circumspice

Latin phrase

: if you seek (his) monument, look around epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's, London, of which he was architect

si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice

Latin phrase

: if you seek a beautiful peninsula, look around motto of Michigan


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