
Poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations…

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“To err is human; to forgive, divine”, “A little learning is a dang’rous thing”
By Alexander Pope one of the most epigrammatic of all English authors.
(frequently misquoted as “A little knowledge is a dang’rous thing”), and “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”.