errare humanum est

[ er-rah-re hoo-mah-noom est; English e-rair-ee hyoo-mey-nuhm est ]

  1. Latin. to err is human.

  • Also hu·ma·num est er·ra·re [hoo-mah-noom est er-rah-re; English hyoo-mey-nuhm est e-rair-ee, -mah-] /huˈmɑ nʊm ɛst ɛrˈrɑ rɛ; English hyuˈmeɪ nəm ɛst ɛˈrɛər i, -ˈmɑ-/ .

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How to use errare humanum est in a sentence

  • Errare non modo affirmando et negando, sed etiam sentiendo, et in tacit hominum cogitatione contingit.

  • Onerat discentem turba, non instruit: multoque satius est paucis te auctoribus tradere, quam errare per multos.

    The Book-Hunter | John Hill Burton
  • You have faults, you are human,—humanism est errare; which means that you some times scorch my muffins.

    Lucretia, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Caesar igitur debet nos opprimere, quoniam ita judicat nos errare.

    The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
  • Rex vero de eo nihil curans ipsum permittit errare ubicumque melius vitam suam possit salvare, quia cauda sua penitus amputatur.