Keeya King Instagram – “Humo sum, humani nihil a me alienum Pluto.” – Publius Terentius Afer, 170BC
Translate: I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.
“I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.” …When you look at this statement tonight, in your encyclopedia, under Terence (one “r”), you will find besides his name in italics is “Terentius Afer.” He was an African. He was a slave. He was sold to a Roman senator. The senator freed him. He became the most popular playwright in Rome… “I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.” My Lord! That statement is liberating! It not only liberates me from other people’s ignorance, it liberates me from my own […] you can try to stretch, stretch, stretch yourself so you can internalize, ‘Homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.’ That’s one thing I’m learning.”
– Maya Angelou
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#Repost @cartermagazine | Posted on 12/Jul/2020 21:03:45
