To err is human, to forgive divine
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"To err is human to forgive divine," Salim Khan said Tuesday on Twitter.
From US News • Jun. 22, 2016
K. K., Chicago You know the old expression: To err is human; to forgive divine — and to forge quite lucrative.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010
The corollary of "To err is human, to forgive divine" is that to forgive is not human, not entirely so.
From Time Magazine Archive
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From The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century by Longueville, Thomas
Ah, ne'er so dire a thirst of glory boast, Nor in the critic let the man be lost Good-nature and good sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.
From An Essay on Criticism by Pope, Alexander
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