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gaudeamus igitur

/ ˌɡaʊdɪˈɑːmʊs ˈɪɡɪˌtʊə; ˌɡɔːdɪˈeɪməs ˈɪdʒɪtə /

interjection

  1. let us therefore rejoice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of gaudeamus igitur1

from a medieval student song
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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.”

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Nevertheless the philosophy and the moral are there; they are those of the most famous of all medieval songs, Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus.

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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!

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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!

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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!

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