phrase is usually understood against Horace's Epicurean background. Collige, virgo, rosas ("gather, girl, the roses") appears at the end of the poem "De rosis...
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Collige, virgo, rosas, dum flos novus et nova pubes et memor esto aevum sic properare tuum. Gather, girl, roses while the flower is fresh and fresh is...
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recommends the enjoyment of life before the arrival of old age. Collige, virgo, rosas which literary means "Pick virgin the roses" and is a metaphor similar...
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11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense. carpe noctem seize the night An exhortation...
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11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense. carpe noctem seize the night An exhortation...
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