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What does "Carpe diem" mean?
Aetas: "carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero"
"Seize the day, and trust as little as possible in the future."
With his odes, from which this quotation comes, Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 - 8 b.c.) became the founder of Latin verse. For him it was a strict art form, in which the content should be compactly and authentically expressed. And as it embodied an easy-going zest for life it is still just as valid today.
Carpe Diem has alway been my life and work motto.
You can interprete it as "seize the day" or "enjoy the day".
The literary translation sounds the best to me:
"Pick the day" or "Pick rosebuds as long as you can".
Erich Fried also coined an important motto of mine:
"It is as it is" ... and I think this not only applies to love , but to LIFE itself.
Carpe diem becomes vive diem.
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