si monumentum requiris, circumspice
Latin phrase
si mo·nu·men·tum re·qui·ris, cir·cum·spi·ce
ˌsē-ˌmȯ-nu̇-ˌmen-tu̇m-re-ˈkwē-ris kir-ˈku̇m-spi-ke
: if you seek (his) monument, look around
—epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's, London, of which he was architect
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