Many a true word...

So Judi Dench has had a tattoo at the age of 81 - well, good for her!  The tattoo says "carpe diem" which as we all know means "seize the day" - or does it?  The expression comes from the Odes of Horace and the poet is making the point that none of us can know how much time we have left on this earth and that therefore we should "carpe diem".  But the verb carpere actually means to pluck, to gather, as for fruit and therefore what Horace meant was more to "enjoy the day, make the most of the day" for, as he went on to say, you can't rely on tomorrow - you can't even rely on there being a tomorrow.