Alexander Pope

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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Source: An Essay on Criticism, Alexander Pope, 1711 (Part II, line 525)

One of the best-documented lines in English poetry. Pope's couplet reads 'Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; / To err is human, to forgive, divine.' Primary source is unambiguous.

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