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Carpe diem

//ˌkɑɹ.pi ˈdaɪ.ɛm// proverb

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Proverb
  1. 1
    Enjoy the present, make the most of today, (common mistranslation) seize the day.

    "It is the carpe diem religion; but the carpe diem religion is not the religion of happy people, but of very unhappy people."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carpe diem (“enjoy the day”, literally “pluck (or harvest) the day”).

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