To err is human

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To err is human(, to forgive divine).

Prov. You should not be too harsh with someone who makes a mistake, because all human beings make mistakes. (Often used as a roundabout way to ask someone to forgive you for making a mistake.) Jill: How could you let my dog get out when I told you a hundred times that he should stay in the house! Ellen: To err is human, to forgive divine.

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Byline: Irene Hall TO ERR is human, to forgive divine". THOUGHT for the DAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a financial adviser" - Writer Kathy Lette. They say by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) A mistake was made, to err is human, but their effort to rectify the mistake is pathetic. Hassle over a perfume by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)			to a fault to a fine art to a great extent to a man to a tee to advantage to all intents and purposes to and fro to be on the safe side to be safe to be said for to be sneezed at to beat the band to begin with to boot to call own to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core			To eat the seed corn To eat the wind out of a vessel To eat to windward To Eat, Consume To edge away To edge down To edge in To edge in with to Eject From An Aircraft To elbow one's way To elevate a piece To employ one's self to enactments or statutes To Encourage and Challenge Homeschoolers To end in smoke To end up To endeavor one's self To enjoy one's self To enlarge an order To enlarge one's self To enlarge the heart To enter on the boards To enter the lists TO EPR To err is human To err is human to forgive divine To Escape To To Excel in Life to excess to excess to excess to excess To exert one's self To exhibit a foundation or prize To exibit an essay To experience religion To explain away To extract the root to face to face to face to face to face To face (a thing) out To face down to face the music To fag out To fall aboard of To fall abroad of To fall among To fall astern To fall away To fall back To fall back upon To fall calm

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