# to err is human; to forgive, divine

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. Extended form of to err is human

## Etymology
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.

## Source
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