Natales grate numeras?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Do you count the birthdays with gratitude?
- In plain terms
- Appreciate each year of life.
- What can you take from it?
- Be thankful for lived years.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How often do you reflect on your age?
- What does gratitude mean to you?
Another view
The phrasing is ambiguous and may be interpreted as rhetorical.
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