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Beautiful place. The crypt includes a quote that really resonates with you - translated to English - "you are what we were; you will be what we are"
by VadimPR 4y ago
Beautiful place. The crypt includes a quote that really resonates with you - translated to English - "you are what we were; you will be what we are"
- beezlebroxxxxxx 4y agoReminds me of some lines in the final stanza of Tennyson's Ulysses: Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' / We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
- peter422 4y ago“Look alive, see these bones What you are now, we were once But just like we are, you'll be dust And just like we are, permanent” -Nada Surf “See These Bones”
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- soco 4y ago"Wherever you go, death follows, as a body’s shadow." (in the Paris catacombs)
- parabyl 4y agoTruly beautiful place, and one of the more interesting museums I visited in Rome in terms of artifacts and such on display.
- penguin_booze 4y agoI've heard a perhaps more poetic version: as you are, so was I; as I am, so will you.
- hackernewds 4y agoBeautiful