The old school expression of YOLO, Carpe Diem has infiltrated popular culture in everything from cheesy tattoos to last words of adrenaline junkies. This notion of “seize the day” was made popular by ...

Robert Herrick (1591–1674) has what may seem a wonderfully bifurcated poetic output. His carpe-diem poems include such commonly anthologized Cavalier poetry as “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” ...

Dead Poets Society In one of the most iconic moments in modern cinema, Carpe Diem — “Seize the day” — is whispered into a room full of young men who don’t yet understand the weight of time. It’s not ...