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Quotation from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope
“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
An Essay on Criticism, Part II, line 525 (Gutenberg #9800: The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (Boston: Ginn, 1906))
Advice to critics to temper judgment with mercy.
Citation: "To err is human, to forgive, divine." — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, Part II, line 525 (Gutenberg #9800: The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (Boston: Ginn, 1906)). (id an-essay-on-criticism-q5)
Virtues: Charity
