carpe diem

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Dead poets society in Netflix.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 21 Aug

Good evening, friends. It is cold and rainy. But not inside my cozy bed. So I went to the kitchen and brought a mug of chocolate. And started to look at Netflix. And I discovered a movie I saw over 25 years ago. It starred Robin...

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Man Proposes, God Disposes

Shiva @Shiva49 (28394) • Singapore 5 Sep 21

I have heard this saying from young. I feel no truer words have been spoken. Almost everyone’s plans have turned upside down over the last year and a half. And to think no one saw it coming despite a few who claim to see into...

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Y-O-L-O-!!!

allen0187 @allen0187 (59827) • Philippines 4 May 21

You only live once... how many times in your life time have you uttered this phrase? I have always lived by 'carpe diem' which in my mind is the same as YOLO. In my mind, 'carpe diem' is class while YOLO is swag. LOL! YOLO is the...

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I bought it. Today I will have my groceries before 6 PM.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 5 Sep 20

Every time I buy groceries, I end up with guilty feelings and talking to myself about what I should have done instead. Today I got into the site where I was going to buy coal for the barbecue. Buy, as some of you know, one thing...

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"Seize the day" - Quote Challenge

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222726) • United States 21 May 19

"Carpe Diem" - "Seize the Day!" From book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC) Do you seize the day? Do you make the most of every possible moment? Photo is from Pixabay.

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Did I watch someone die today? A mystery as of yet unsolved.

The Horse @TheHorse (238355) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Jul 17

Yesterday, as I was driving East on Highway 4 to meet a kid client, one off those big semis was just to my right. Suddenly, he started veering into my lane. He was half way into may lane and I was both slowing down and turning to...

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Carpe diem!

paopaolar @paopaolar (226) • Philippines 5 Apr 11

Have you heard of the expression "carpe diem"? It's a French word for "seize the day". It has a connection with the idea that life is nasty, brutish, short, and solitary and therefore you must seize every day. In short, live life...

live life to the fullest

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Have you done every thing you've always wanted to do?

amorlife1 @amorlife1 (370) • South Africa 30 Aug 10

My husband and I were talking and the conversation came to be about things we had wanted to do when we were young, but didn't get around to do it. Like I wanted to act in a major production play in a theater. He always wanted to...

living life to the full

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Carpe Diem seize the moment, life is fleeting

Patsie Hatley is Deceased @Hatley (163772) • Garden Grove, California 22 Apr 10

I never cease to be amazed at how a sudden thought for a discussion can come from a discussion one just read. but speaking of how many people lately had died in her parish, made me think of my latin teacher and his proverbs he...

seize the moment

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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while here we may as well dance!

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 3 Aug 09

Isn't this a wonderful saying? I just received an email that shares some inspiring words that we could all benefit from. I'd post it all here, but there's no source provided and I don't wish to paste it in entirety...

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My Swan Song

stanleyws @stanleyws (47) • United States 19 Jan 09

Life's voice purrs past and then into my ear's embrace as mine, a lis'ner's calling must step back to chase. As certain sound and certain as sound captures grace, it sanctifies my claim upon this time and place. But no...

Carpe diem; I now know what it means

cyberfluf @cyberfluf (4996) • Netherlands 28 Aug 08

I have been in contact with a girl over the internet for years and years, we had very good contact. We send each other cards but I never had the guts to call her and we allways were planning on meeting each other but it never...

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What's Your Favorite Quote?

vmenard @vmenard (895) • United States 1 Dec 07

What's your favorite quote, mine is "Carpe Diem"

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Carpe Diem------Sieze the day.Make your lives extraordinary!

lifeiselsewhere @lifeiselsewhere (135) • China 12 Aug 07

I have seen this movie many times,but no matter how many times i have seen it, i can't help myself from quivering when hearing Keating's loud whispery:Gather ye rosebuds while you may.Carpe Diem,sieze the day. Make your life...

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