Saturday, 5 February 2011

Carpe diem

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibiDon't ask (it's forbidden to know) what end
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babyloniosthe gods will grant to me or you, Leuconoe. Don't play with Babylonian
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati.fortune-telling either. It is better to endure whatever will be.
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,Whether Jupiter has allotted to you many more winters or this final one
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus marewhich even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi— be wise, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invidato a short period. While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled
aetas: carpe diem, quam minime credula postero.Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
 
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