carpe diem

Etymology
.

Proverb

 * 1)  the present, make the most of today,  seize the day.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: живей за мига
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 把握今朝 (bǎ wò jīnzhāo), 花開堪折直須折
 * Danish: fang dagen
 * Dutch: pluk de dag
 * Finnish: tartu hetkeen
 * French: cueille le jour,
 * German: nutze den Tag
 * Hebrew: קרפה דיים
 * Indonesian: raih hari ini
 * Irish: tapaidh go dheis
 * Italian: cogli l'attimo, vivere alla giornata
 * Norwegian: grip dagen
 * Persian: دم‌غنیمت‌شمری, خوش‌باشی
 * Polish: chwytaj dzień
 * Portuguese: carpe diem
 * Russian: лови́ моме́нт
 * Slovene: užij dan
 * Spanish: disfruta el momento,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: günü yakala, anı yaşa, günü yaşa, gündegün

Etymology
From the end of the poem Odes I.11 by Horace, ancient Roman poet.


 * Sapiās, vīna liquēs, et spatio brevī
 * spem longam resecēs. Dum loquimur, fūgerit invidā
 * aetās. Carpe diem quam minimum crēdula posterō.


 * Be wise, make wine, and in a short time,
 * lose any great hope. As we speak, time is cruelly slipping away.
 * Enjoy the day, believing the least in the future.

Phrase

 * 1) carpe diem, enjoy the day;  seize the day

Proverb

 * 1) seize the day enjoy the present