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2. Carpe diem - Wikipedia

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   Carpe is the second-person singular present active imperative of carpō "pick or pluck" used by Horace to mean "enjoy, seize, use, make use of". [2] Diem is the accusative of dies "day". A more literal translation of carpe diem would thus be "pluck the day [as it is ripe]"—that is, enjoy the moment.

3. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time - Wikipedia

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   To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse. " To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time " is a 1648 poem by the English Cavalier poet Robert Herrick. The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for "seize the day".

4. Tempus fugit - Wikipedia

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   Tempus fugit ( Classical Latin pronunciation: [ˈt̪ɛmpʊs̠ ˈfʊɡit̪]) is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as " time flies ". The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Virgil 's Georgics, [1] where it appears as fugit irreparabile tempus: "it escapes, irretrievable time". The phrase is used in both its Latin and ...

5. Kairos - Wikipedia

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   Kairos. Kairos ( Ancient Greek: καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right or critical moment'. [1] In modern Greek, kairos also means 'weather' or 'time'. It is one of two words that the ancient Greeks had for ' time '; the other being chronos ( χρόνος ).

6. To His Coy Mistress - Wikipedia

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   This poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognised carpe diem poem in English. Although the date of its composition is not known, it may have been written in the early 1650s. At that time, Marvell was serving as a tutor to the daughter of the retired commander of the New Model Army, Sir Thomas Fairfax.

7. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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   Time Takes All But Memories; Some tell of storms and showers, I tell of sunny hours. Order in the court! [citation needed] Like true firemen, I am always ready. Latin mottos Time flies. Hora fugit, ne tardes. (The hour flees, do not be late.) Ruit hora. (The hour is flowing away.) Tempus breve est. (Time is short.)