What you are I once was, what I am you will surely become.

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Please tell me the source of this quote.
What you are I once was, what I am you will surely become.
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Marty

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[+2] - Noddy24 - 04/17/2008Contrex-- Remember, on the Internet time bends and zigzags, particularly when dealing with eternity.
[+2] - Reyn - 11/28/2008[quote="contrex"] You revived a thread nearly 2 years old![/quote] Why would this even matter? I've resusitated 5 year old threads! Time is irrelevent on the internet, in my...
[+2] - HappySlappy - 09/07/2009That quote is in a famous Renaissance painting by Masaccio, called The Trinity With The Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors. It is a fresco in the Chruch of Santa Maria Novella, in...
[+1] - contrex - 07/14/2006I don't think anybody knows the exact origin. It is a Roman epitaph. Often found carved on tombs. [i]Quod tu es, ego fui, quod ego sum, tu eris[/i]
[+1] - Rosson76 - 04/16/2008Which you are I once was; which what I am you will become Hey, I am currently taking a Humanities class and I saw this phrase on a painting by Masaccio, The Holy Trinity. Very cool stuff!!
[+1] - contrex - 04/16/2008You revived a thread nearly 2 years old!
[+1] - Chai - 04/17/2008[quote="contrex"]You revived a thread nearly 2 years old![/quote] Better yet, you responded! Phew, the expiration date on this thread expired. Oh wait, that's my milk. ...
[+1] - GadeTerbob - 06/29/2008As you are, I once was. As I am, you soon shall be. This is recorded on my great grandmother's tombstone in Seligman, MO, USA. I would certainly have liked to meet her!!
[+1] - byanothername - 11/28/2008This is a quote by Horace, "Eram quod es; eris quod sum" - I was what you are, you will become what I am. Puritans used it to put on their tombstones - so when you were looking at the...
[+1] - tgard - 02/14/2009I've been wracking my brain trying to remember which painting I saw it in so that I could look it up and see exactly how it went. It's not just on the internet that time and space mess with your...

I don't think anybody knows the exact origin. It is a Roman epitaph. Often found carved on tombs.

Quod tu es, ego fui, quod ego sum, tu eris

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Which you are I once was; which what I am you will become
Hey, I am currently taking a Humanities class and I saw this phrase on a painting by Masaccio, The Holy Trinity. Very cool stuff!!

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You revived a thread nearly 2 years old!

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Contrex--

Remember, on the Internet time bends and zigzags, particularly when dealing with eternity.

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contrex wrote:

You revived a thread nearly 2 years old!

Better yet, you responded!

Phew, the expiration date on this thread expired. Oh wait, that's my milk.

Noddy's correct, bringing back a thread reverses time, and makes my skin turn glowing and young once again.

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As you are, I once was. As I am, you soon shall be.
This is recorded on my great grandmother's tombstone in Seligman, MO, USA.

I would certainly have liked to meet her!!

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This is a quote by Horace, "Eram quod es; eris quod sum" - I was what you are, you will become what I am.
Puritans used it to put on their tombstones - so when you were looking at the grave, you could think about your own existence, and your own mortality. Always cheered me up, that one. (for real) posted by mike - visit my blog at Edit [Moderator]: Link removed

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

You revived a thread nearly 2 years old!

Why would this even matter? I've resusitated 5 year old threads!

Time is irrelevent on the internet, in my opinion, much like Noddy said.

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I've been wracking my brain trying to remember which painting I saw it in so that I could look it up and see exactly how it went. It's not just on the internet that time and space mess with your head.

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Had I asked this question 2 years ago, the answers would not have been here. Thanks for reviving a 2 year old thread to answer my question.

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@kahnmartinj,

That quote is in a famous Renaissance painting by Masaccio, called The Trinity With The Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors. It is a fresco in the Chruch of Santa Maria Novella, in Florence, c. 1425-1427

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@HappySlappy,

Very interesting stuff here. I remember this quote "As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be." and being spoken by an old man to a young boy.

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