Careful Words

err (n.)

err (v.)

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

John Dryden (1631-1701): The Cock and the Fox. Line 452.

  For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

Plutarch (46(?)-120(?) a d): Against Colotes.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Criticism. Part ii. Line 325.