一万年太久，只争朝夕seize the day,seize the hour Seize the day is a phrase from the Latin carpediem,which comes from a Latin poem by Horace,a Roman poet.The phrase is part of the longer one:Carpe diem,quam minimum credula postero-"Seize the day,trusting as little as possible in the future",and the ode says that the future is unknowable,and that instead one should scale back one's hopes to a brief future,and drink one's wine., to make merry while one can.This phrase is usually understood against Horace's Epicurean background based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe diem [last accessed 5 Oct.2010]一万年太久，只争朝夕seize the day, seize the hour Seize the day is a phrase from the Latin carpediem, which comes from a Latin poem by Horace, a Roman poet. The phrase is part of the longer one: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero – "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future", and the ode says that the future is unknowable, and that instead one should scale back one's hopes to a brief future, and drink one's wine., to make merry while one can. This phrase is usually understood against Horace's Epicurean background. based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem [last accessed 5 Oct. 2010]