to err is human; to forgive, divine

短语

词形变化

to err is human; to forgive divine

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    Extended form of to err is human

词源

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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