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Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC). [1] Translation.
Carpe-Diem-type phrase from the Odes of Horace, Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus (Now is the time to drink, now the time to dance footloose upon the earth). Used as a slogan by Michelin and the origin of the Michelin Man 's name Bibendum .
The motto at top reads, "Life is but a passing shadow, the shadow of a bird on the wing." ... carpe diem. ([The hour flees] – seize the day.) [11] Utere, non numera.
The motto of the Sisters of Charity [9] Caritas in veritate: Charity in truth: Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical [10] carpe diem: seize the day: An exhortation to live for today. From Horace, Odes I, 11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense. carpe noctem: seize the night
[nb 30] His verses offered a fund of mottoes, such as simplex munditiis (elegance in simplicity), splendide mendax (nobly untruthful), sapere aude (dare to know), nunc est bibendum (now is the time to drink), carpe diem (seize the day, perhaps the only one still in common use today). [96]
– Carpe Diem! – The poet seeks to dissuade Leuconoe from giving heed to the false arts of astrologers and diviners. It is vain to inquire into the future – Let us enjoy the present, for this is all we can command. It closes with the famous line: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Seize the day, trusting tomorrow as little as possible).
Carpe diem (and its variations): Carpe diem, seize the day. Carpe diem, seize the day. Make your life extraordinary. Don't make me destroy you. — Darth Vader; Dude, Where's My Car? — Dude, Where's My Car? I pity the fool! — Mr. T; T'is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Seize the day" is a traditional translation of the Latin phrase carpe diem ("enjoy the day", literally "pluck (or harvest) the day"). Seize the Day may also refer to: