Carpe diem will someday die. It is medieval Latin, dating to 1287. Related but distinct is the expression "memento mori" (remember that you are mortal) which carries some of the same connotation as . For Horace, mindfulness of our own mortality is key in making us realize the importance of the moment. "Remember that you are mortal, so seize the day." Over time the phrase also came to be associated with penitence, as suggested in many vanitas paintings. Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with urging us to savour life and urging us to resist
Carpe Jugulum Carpe Jugulum Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. "Carpe diem") is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the "Discworld" series. It was first published in 1998. In "Carpe Jugulum", Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright clothes, drink wine, and stay up until noon. Count Magpyr and family, vampires from Überwald, are invited to the naming of Magrat and King Verence's daughter, to be conducted by the Omnian priest, Mightily Oats.