| | | Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi | Leuconoe, don't ask--it's forbidden to know-- | | finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios | what end the gods will give me or you. Don't play with Babylonian | | temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati. | fortune-telling either. Better just deal with whatever comes your way. | | seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam, | Whether you'll see several more winters or whether the last one | | quae nunc oppositis el pene debilitat pumicibus mare | Juppiter gives you is the one even now pelting the rocks on the shore with the waves | | Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi | of the Tyrrhenian sea--be smart, drink your wine. Scale back your long hopes | | spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida | to a short period. Even as we speak, envious time | | aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. | is running away from us. Seize the day, and trust as little as possible in the future. |
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