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carpe diem
exclamation
[ ˌkɑːpeɪ ˈdiːɛm ]
• used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future.
Origin:
Latin, ‘seize the day!’, a quotation from Horace ( Odes I.xi).