ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“To err is human; to forgive is divine” is said by-
A
Alexander Pope
B
John Dryden
C
John Benson
D
None
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Pope, poet of the Enlightenment, lent a famous line from his 1711 treatise An Essay on Criticism to the US Institutes of Medicine’s report on patient safety: To Err is Human. 1. The remainder of the line, “to forgive divine, ” would have further reinforced the report’s message.

Detailed explanation-2: -idiom saying. something that you say that means that it is natural for people to make mistakes and it is important to forgive people when they do.

Detailed explanation-3: -Errare est humanum.: To err is human.

Detailed explanation-4: -Despite our best efforts, we are all fallible and make mistakes. Some of these mistakes are trivial, while others are serious, and even fatal. How can we best cope with our fallibility?

Detailed explanation-5: -Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness.

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