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Weakness

Latin language proverbs and phrases on human weaknesses.

What Nourishes Me [Also] Destroys Me

Quod me nutrit me destruit.
What nourishes me, [also] destroys me.

He Who Feared, He Would Not Succeed, Sat Still

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
He who feared, he would not succeed, sat still.

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.

When a Lady Has Lost her Virtue, She Will Not Shrink from Other Things

Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit (Tacitus)
When a lady has lost her virtue, she will not shrink from other things.