gaudeamus igitur
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of gaudeamus igitur
from a medieval student song
Example Sentences
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In John Stone’s poem about residency, “Gaudeamus Igitur,” he invites new doctors to rejoice, “For this is the day you know too little / against the day when you will know too much.”
From The New Yorker
Nevertheless the philosophy and the moral are there; they are those of the most famous of all medieval songs, Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus.
From Project Gutenberg
Non sumus fashionabiles: Non damus dapes splendides: But in a modest way, you know, We like to see our money go: Et gaudeamus igitur, Our soul has nought to fidget her!
From Project Gutenberg
We do not care to quadrigate On Avenues in gilded state: No gold-laced footmen laugh behind At our vacuity of mind: But in a modest one-horse shay, We rumble, tumble as we may, Et gaudeamus igitur, Our soul has nought to fidget her!
From Project Gutenberg
No thought of payment makes us ill, We don't know such a word as "bill": Et gaudeamus igitur, Our soul has nought to fidget her!
From Project Gutenberg
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