Ovid may be cooler and Catullus ruder, but Eyre believes that Horace is “one of the West's lost prophets”, and even uses “carpe diem” in support of the slow food movement. Quintus Horatius ...

Usually translated as “seize the day”—or sometimes “harvest,” “pluck” or “enjoy” the day—carpe diem is one of the oldest philosophical ideals in Western culture. It goes back to a few lines written by ...

In particular, we can draw on the idea of carpe diem, or “seize the day,” a maxim penned by the Roman poet Horace. Let me explain. Today we are living in an age of global political dissent that we ...

Sounds unlikely? Let me explain. Carpe diem or ‘seize the day’ is a phrase that goes back to the Roman poet Horace. In a poem he wrote in 23 BC he declared that, “Even as we speak ...

Carpe diem is taken from a poem published in 23 B.C. by the Latin poet Horace (65~8 B.C.). In Horace, the phrase is part of a longer credo, which can be translated literally as, "Pluck the day and ...

It has also hijacked the ancient ideal of carpe diem — “seize the day” — which goes all the way back to a poem written in 23 B.C. by the Roman poet Horace. ‘Even as we speak,’ he wrote ...

There’s also, perhaps inevitably, a Carpe Diem wine shop — which is less kitschy than it sounds, considering that Horace’s lyrics often alluded to the pleasures of “smooth wine.” ...

In 23 B.C., the Roman poet Horace used the now-ubiquitous phrase “carpe diem” to tell his readers to make the most of the time that they have on earth. Horace’s words have served to inspire ...

"Go it while you 're young." - SHAKSPERE. [Horace, and not the Crimson, is responsible for the moral of this Ode. Its publication was withheld until after the Semi-annuals, for fear that it might ...