errare humanum est

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[er-rah-re hoo-mah-noom est, e-rair-ee hyoo-may-nuhm est] / ɛrˈrɑ rɛ huˈmɑ nʊm ˈɛst, ɛˈrɛər i hjuˈmeɪ nəm ˈɛst /

English humanum est errare

Latin. to err is human.

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errare humanum est

"Oh! sire, a man may be mistaken; errare humanum est," said the musketeer, philosophically.

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père

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