Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem is a Latin proverb meaning "seize the day". It's meant to remind us that "now" is the only thing we really own in this life that is growing shorter with every passing second. Don't waste it. Everybody dies, not everybody truly lives.
Ask not ('tis forbidden knowledge), what our destined term of years,
Mine and yours; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers.
Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past,
Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our last;
This, that makes the Tyrrhene billows spend their strength against the shore.
Strain your wine and prove your wisdom; life is short; should hope be more?
In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb'd away.
Seize the present; trust tomorrow e'en as little as you may.
Horace, Odes 1.11
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The book 1 of Odes of Horacio ("Now is the time to drink!") Contains 38 poems and the poem number 11 (Tu ne quaesieris ... - Carpe Diem !: Do not ask ...- Take advantage of the day), refers to The poet seeks to dissuade Leuconoe from giving heed to the false arts of astrologers and diviners, that It is vain to inquire into the future, that 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). By the way in Roman mythology Leuconoe is a daughter of Neptune and Telmisto and sister of Leuconte; his name means "that of the sincere spirit"; this eleventh hour Horacio dedicates it to Leuconoe, one of the women loved by the poet Horacio.
By the way the poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus his full name), was born in Venusia, Italy, Roman Republic on December 8, 65 BC (imagine before Christ, see how many years this poem has), he only lived 56 years ; that is, his life was really short; Perhaps, the fact of being a soldier made him presage that his life was going to be short and therefore, he gave great importance to live every day as if it were his last.
We could also interpret this Latin adage as: «do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today» or «live every moment of your life as if it were the last one».
Hay que disfrutar la vida al maximo cada dia.
Sometimes we got stuck in silly things and forget the time to live is now. If the world knew how short life can be, we wouldn't be wasting our time in stuff like wars or fighting against each other. From time to time is good to relax with a glass of wine, laughing and just enjoying life.
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