Multiple choice

To err is human to forgive is divine - Who said this?

  1. Bernard Shaw

  2. Shakespeare

  3. Alexander Pope

  4. Mahatma Gandhi

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Explanation

Alexander Pope wrote this famous line in his 1711 poem 'An Essay on Criticism: Part II'. The complete line is 'To err is human; to forgive divine.' Pope was an 18th-century English poet known for his satirical and philosophical works. Shakespeare and Shaw were playwrights, Gandhi was a political leader.