carpe diem, n.Definitions

Carpe diem is wise — No human being is rich enough to buy back his past.

Carpe diem is a wise dictum — Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Carpe diem is the idea that one should do it now, for there may be a law against it tomorrow.

Carpe diem is the idea that nothing is worth more than this day.

Carpe diem is the idea that: This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.

Carpe diem is wise — Shrink from asking what is to be to-morrow, and every day that fortune shall grant you set down as gain.

Carpe diem is wrongly thought to mean seize the day--it means something gentler and more sensible. It means pluck the day. Pluck the cranberry or blueberry of the day tenderly free without damaging it, is what Horace meant. Don't freaking grab the day in your fist like a burger at a fairground and take a big chomping bite out of it.

Carpe diem is a wise dictum — He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.