Difference between revisions of "An Essay on Criticism"
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Revision as of 22:35, July 19, 2025
An Essay on Criticism (1711) is a remarkable poem written by the remarkable British poet Alexander Pope, at the age of only 23.
It contains three fabulous and very famous lines:
- “To err is human; to forgive, divine”
- “A little learning is a dang'rous thing”
- “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”