Nos habit humus

The gnomen of the sundial points straight at the door of a Cambridge college.

Gaudeamus igitur
Juvenes dum sumus.
Post iucundam iuventutem
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus. Students' Drinking Song - early 18th century

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The earth will have us.

Which is, of course, true!

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