Usages of alii
Non omnes eandem viam sequuntur: alii celeriter currunt, alii tardius ambulant; sed finis bonus est, si quisque bene laborat.
Not everyone follows the same path: some run quickly, others walk more slowly; but the end is good if each person works well.
Quidam in bibliotheca tacent, alii de fabula disputant.
Some are silent in the library, others discuss the story.
Aliqui in bibliotheca tacent, alii de auctore disputant.
Some are silent in the library, others discuss the author.
Cum senator de mandato populi loqueretur, quidam cives tacebant, alii autem clamabant.
When the senator was speaking about the people’s commission, some citizens were silent, but others were shouting.
Humiles quoque cives bonam de re publica opinionem habere possunt, si eos alii audiunt.
Humble citizens too can have a good opinion about the state, if others listen to them.
Quidam pueri ad forum emendi causa eunt, alii autem audiendi causa, quia orator hodie de bono communi dicturus est.
Some boys go to the forum for the sake of buying, but others for the sake of listening, because the speaker is going to talk today about the common good.
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