Cum lux altera venit, iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce… - Persius

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Cum lux altera venit,
iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce aliud cras
egerit hos annos et semper paulum erit ultra.

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Aulus Persius Flaccus (34–62) was a Roman satirical poet and moralist.

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At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est".

Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere! nemo!
Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.

But when to-morrow comes, yesterday's morrow will have been already spent: and lo! a fresh morrow will be for ever making away with our years, each just beyond our grasp.

Cum lux altera venit, iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce aliud cras egerit hos annos et semper paulum erit ultra. - Persius

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