errare humanum est
[ er-rah-re hoo-mah-noom est; English e-rair-ee hyoo-mey-nuhm est ]
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.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillOnerat discentem turba, non instruit: multoque satius est paucis te auctoribus tradere, quam errare per multos.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill BurtonYou have faults, you are human,—humanism est errare; which means that you some times scorch my muffins.
Lucretia, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonCaesar igitur debet nos opprimere, quoniam ita judicat nos errare.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonRex vero de eo nihil curans ipsum permittit errare ubicumque melius vitam suam possit salvare, quia cauda sua penitus amputatur.
In Byways of Scottish History | Louis A. Barb
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