si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice
[ see kwahy-ris pey-nin-soo-lahm ah-moi-nahm keer-koom-spi-ke; English sahy kweer-is puh-nin-suh-lamuh-mee-nam ser-kuhm-spuh-see ]
Latin.
if you are seeking a pleasant peninsula, look around you: motto of Michigan.
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How to use si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice in a sentence
I told the story of Wren's Si monumentum requiris circumspice and pointed a rural moral.
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For the corroboration of the latter half, go to Girgenti and circumspice.
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