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errare humanum est

English hu·ma·num est er·ra·re

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

  1. Latin.,  to err is human.



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Firstly, because I might have been mistaken in my conjectures—Errare humanum est—to err is human.

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Jorge, his face hidden by dark glasses and a black hood, eased his way through a soulful treatment of Jorge Ben's Errare Humanum Est, backed by spluttering guitar.

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The Brazilian selection includes a brooding, crooned version of Jorge Ben's Errare Humanum Est, the funky Cala Boca, Menino, and the wild, echoing Juizo Final.

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It’s not trying too hard, and then suddenly it is: in “Cristina,” Seu Jorge hollers the refrain as loud as his voice will go, channeling his source, the singer Tim Maia; in Jorge Ben’s “Errare Humanum Est,” the whole performance, with thick crusts of surf guitar and shuffling drums, takes on a mysterious strength, a trancelike shimmer.

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Errare humanum est, but it seems incontrovertible that this problem can be solved, that we can, by taking our stand upon an exact knowledge of human nature, find a perfect legislation, a perfect organisation.

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