Horace Quotes About Time

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  • Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)

  • He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.

  • The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

    Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”
  • Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

    Horace, Edward Henry Blakeney (1970). “Horace on the art of poetry: Latin text, English prose translation, introduction and notes, together with Ben Jonson's English verse rendering”, Books for Libraries
  • On day is pressed on by another.

  • Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

  • Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?

  • Make a good use of the present.

  • As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

  • Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

  • Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.

  • Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

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Horace

  • Born: December 8, 65 BC
  • Died: November 27, 8 BC
  • Occupation: Poet