Carpe diem<\/strong> – seize the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dust to dust<\/strong> – shortened from Genesis 3:19 – “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et in arcadia ego<\/strong> – the title of a 1637 painting by Nicolas Poussin. Literally “Even in Arcadia, there am I” where “I” is death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ubi sunt<\/strong> – where are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gather ye rosebuds while ye may<\/strong> – the title of a 1909 painting by John William Waterhouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sic transit gloria mundi<\/strong> – Thus passes worldly glory. A phrase used in papal coronation ceremonies in the 1400’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Memento mori<\/strong> – Remember death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A list of common memento mori, literally “remember death”, short phrases to remind you that life is short & precious. Tempus fugit – time flies. Carpe diem – seize the day. Dust to dust – shortened from Genesis 3:19 – “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-etc","tag-philosophy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/Waterhouse-gather_ye_rosebuds-1909.jpg?fit=1615%2C1978&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/spj2P-vanitas","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1073,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcusvorwaller.com\/blog\/images\/et-in-arcadia-ego-scaled.jpg?resize=580%2C413&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhere are those who were before us,\nwho led hounds and bore hawks,\nAnd owned field and wood? \nThe rich ladies in their chambers,\nWho wore gold in their hair,\nWith their bright faces; ...<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,\nOld Time is still a-flying;\nAnd this same flower that smiles today,\nTomorrow will be dying.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n