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"Lector, si monumentum requiris, Circumspice." One I've always loved, inscribed above the crypt containing the grave of Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedra
by theblackbox 17y ago
"Lector, si monumentum requiris, Circumspice."
One I've always loved, inscribed above the crypt containing the grave of Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral. Translated as: "Reader, if you seek his memorial, look around you"
Think that would work equally well for Tim O'Reilly, to the point of a nice Latin pun ;)
- tomjen 17y agoThat is a good one, though I fancy this more: "Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. Epitaph on his tomb, probably self composed" -- Shakespeare
- michael_dorfman 17y agoJust out of curiousity, why do you fancy that one? It always struck me as the most inept set of four lines Shakespeare ever wrote.
- FleursDuMal 17y agoMy favourite is: The body of B. Franklin, Printer (Like the Cover of an Old Book Its Contents torn Out And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding) Lies Here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be Lost; For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More In a New and More Elegant Edition Revised and Corrected By the Author. (The Epitaph of Young Benjamin Franklin)