john dryden said to error is human to forgive divine.
who said to error is human to forgive divine?
john dryden
an essay on criticism is one of the first major poems written by the english writer alexander pope (1688–1744). it is the source of the famous quotations "to err is human, to forgive divine," "a little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "a little knowledge is a dang'rous thing"), and "fools rush in where angels fear to tread." it first appeared in 1711 after having been written in 1709, and it is clear from pope's correspondence that many of the poem's ideas had existed in prose form since at least 1706. composed in heroic couplets (pairs of adjacent rhyming lines of iambic pentameter) and written in the horatian mode of satire, it is a verse essay primarily concerned with how writers and critics behave in the new literary commerce of pope's contemporary age. the poem covers a range of good criticism and advice, and represents many of the chief literary ideals of pope's age.
an essay on criticism
while being a second-year student of nift delhi, she won the femina miss india contest in 2003. her final question in the contest was whether she thinks that forgiveness is better said than done, to which she answered "to err is human, to forgive divine, and we have to forgive and move on to make life better." she was crowned by preceding winner neha dhupia, and given the chance to represent india at the miss universe pageant in panama city, panama. however, she failed to place, breaking india's 11-year streak of placing in the top 10 from 1992 to 2002.
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