"To err is human; to forgive, divine." - This famous quote is taken from -

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." — এই বিখ্যাত উক্তিটি ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের একজন খ্যাতিমান কবি Alexander Pope এর লেখা "An Essay on Criticism" থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে।

• An Essay on Criticism:
- কবিতাটি হচ্ছে একটি didactic poem in heroic couplets.
- ১৭১১ সালে কবির ২২ বছর বয়সে এই কবিতাটি anonymously প্রকাশিত হয়।
- Although inspired by Horace’s Ars poetica, this work of literary criticism borrowed from the writers of the Augustan Age.
- In it, Pope set out poetic rules, a Neoclassical compendium of maxims, with a combination of ambitious argument and great stylistic assurance. The poem received much attention and brought Pope a wider circle of friends, notably Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, who were then collaborating on The Spectator.

• Famous quotes from An Essay on Criticism:
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- To err is human; to forgive, divine.
- A little learning is a dangerous thing.
- Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

• Alexander Pope
- He is the most famous poet of The Augustan Age.
- The Augustan Age is also known/called as the Age of the Pope.
- কারণ এই যুগে অন্যতম সাহিত্যিক ছিলেন Alexander Pope যিনি এই যুগে তাঁর লেখনীর দ্বারা আধিপত্য বিস্তার করেছিলেন।
- তিনি একজন Mock Heroic Poet হিসাবেও পরিচিত।

• Alexander Pope রচিত সাহিত্য কর্মের মধ্যে রয়েছে -
-The Rape of the Lock (Famous Mock-Heroic poem),
- Duncan,
- The Dunciad (poem),
- The New Dunciad (poem),
- Windsor-Forest(poem),
- An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (poem),
- An Essay on Criticism (poem),
- An Essay on Man (poem),
- Eloisa to Abelard (poem),
- Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington (essay),
- Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus, etc.

Source: Britannica and An ABC d English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman.