English Explanatory Dictionary

to err is human; to forgive, divine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Extended form of to err is human

Word forms

to err is human; to forgive, divine to err is human; to forgive divine

Etymology

An extended form of earlier to err is human (a calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est) from the poem An Essay on Criticism (written in 1709, published in 1711) by Alexander Pope; see quotation.

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