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Pars pro toto. Quisque faber fortunae suae...
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Submitted by nikamajic
Source language: Latin

Pars pro toto.

Quisque faber fortunae suae erat.

Avaritia omnia vitia habet.

Is amicus est, qui in re dubia te adiuvat.

Homo sum; nihil humani a me alienum puto.

Utrumque horum vitium est-aut omnibus credere aut nulli.
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Pars pro toto.--> A part (taken) for the whole.

Quisque faber fortunae suae erat. -->Each one was the architect of his own fortune.

Avaritia omnia vitia habet. -->Avarice has all the vices/faults.

Is amicus est, qui in re dubia te adiuvat.--> This one is a friend who helps you in doubtful things.

Homo sum; nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am a man -->"I am a human being; I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

Utrumque horum vitium est-aut omnibus credere aut nulli --> Both are errors/faults: to believe everybody and (to believe) nobody.