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"To err is human, to forgive divine." Who wrote it?

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The answer

Alexander Pope, in An Essay on Criticism (1711). It's a couplet about literary critics, not a line of scripture.

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Why it’s interesting

Pope's poem also gave us "a little learning is a dangerous thing" and "fools rush in." Several "proverbs" people file under the Bible actually trace to a single witty poem about book reviewing.

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