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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 17 June 2016 11:47:40PM *  0 points [-]

That advice goes back to at least Jesus.

At least back to 23 BC.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 June 2016 01:34:38AM 1 point [-]

Carpe diem is more a predecessor of Nike's Just Do It, rather than "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow".

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 18 June 2016 07:39:09AM 0 points [-]

That might be what it has become in present-day popular culture, but the line in the original poem did continue with "quam minimum credula postero".

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