I saw this Latin motto tecum habita above a closed doorway in the City of Edinburgh's Central Library today. Looking it up on the net, I find that it is the start of an epigram from the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. The full epigram is: Tecum habita: noris quam sit tibi curta supellex. [Satire IV, line 52] In
English, it reads: "Live with yourself: get to know how poorly furnished you are."
To find out more about Persius visit Wikipedia and to read some of his other epigrams visit Wikiquote.
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