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carpe diem


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Latin phrase meaning ‘seize the day!’, used as an exclamation to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future; originally it is a quotation from the Roman poet Horace.

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carpe diem
in The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (3) Length: 117 words
carpe diem
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 40 words

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