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Latin language proverbs and phrases about people and everything human.

He Who Hates Vice, Hates Mankind

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Quis vitia odit, homines odit
He who hates vice, hates mankind.

The Elder Ones First

Seniores priores
The elder ones first.

An Old Man Is A Boy Again

senex bis puer
An old man is a boy again.

Delusive Dreams of a Sick Man

Aegri somnia vana (Horace)
Delusive dreams of a sick man.

Two-Legged Featherless Animal

Animal implume, bipes (Plato)
A two-legged, featherless animal.

I Am Human; I Consider Nothing Human Alien To Me

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto (Terence)
I am human; I consider nothing human to be foreign to me.

To Err Is Human

Errare est humanum.
(Seneca the Younger, an ancient Roman philosopher)
To err is human.