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Catch the moment!
Quintus Horace Flaccus
Phraseologism: Catch the moment!
Meaning: 1. A call to appreciate and use every moment, every day of life, which, like life itself, will never happen again. 2. A call to use every favorable opportunity that can change a person's whole life for the better.
Origin: From Latin: Carpe diem. Literally: Seize the day. From the poetic message "To Leucippe" by the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus, 65-8 BC): "Take advantage of the day, least of all believing in the future."
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Window to Europe.
Meaning:
About St. Petersburg, with the foundation of which Russia received access to the Baltic Sea (book).
Origin:
An expression from A. S. Pushkin's poem "The Bronze Horseman" (1833): "Here the city will be founded // In spite of the arrogant neighbor. // Here we are destined by nature // To cut a window into Europe, // Stand with a firm foot at the sea" .. In a note to the poem, Pushkin pointed out that the expression "window on Europe" goes back to "Letters on Russia" by the Italian writer Algarotti. Pushkin transformed and individualized Algarotti's aphorism, including it in the speech of Peter I and giving it a bright national flavor. |
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