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Carpe diem
Latin phrase meaning "make the most of the day" / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Carpe diem (disambiguation).
Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated "seize the day", taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).[1]
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