英文經典佳句 “ to err is human; to forgive is divine.”. 教師 : 陳靜子
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英文經典佳句
“To err is human; to forgive is divine.”
.教師 : 陳靜子
字 意 與 句 意 err vi.1. 犯錯誤；（書刊，儀器等）出差錯 [ （ +in ） 2. 作惡，犯罪 human n. 人 [C] adj.1. 人的；人類的 2. 凡人皆有的 3. 有人性的 To err is human . 犯錯誤乃人之常情。 forgive vt.1. 原諒，寬恕 [ （ +for ） ] 2. 豁免 divine adj.1. 神的，神性的 2. 敬神的；神聖的 3. 非凡的
“To err is human; to forgive is divine.”
「犯錯乃人之常情 ; 寬恕乃神之聖行」
The verb "err" means to do something wrong; to make a mistake is "to err". "To err is human" because all people ("humans") make mistakes. "To err is human, to forgive divine" says we should try hard to forgive others because all people are human and make mistakes. Example: "I am still angry about what my manager did yesterday!" Answer: "It is best to just let it go; to err is human, to forgive divine."
The world of people is "human" and the world of God is "divine". God's special power to forgive people for their mistakes is called "divine" mercy. When we forgive other people we are acting "divine". "To err is human, to forgive divine" says that we are all human and we all make mistakes so we should all try hard to forgive other people when they make mistakes. Example: "I will never forgive my mother for what she has done!" Answer: "Don't be angry at her. To err is human, to forgive divine."
(Because we use the word "is" in the first phrase "to err is human" we do not use "is" again in the second phrase: "to forgive divine".) We are all people who make mistakes so to forgive others when they make mistakes is the right thing to do; "to err is human, to forgive divine."
DICTIONARY( 字典 ) 的 解 釋 1.Wikionary Dictionary Etymology[edit] 詞源 From Latin errāre hūmānum est. Proverb[edit] “to err is human ” “Everyone makes mistakes”.
2. Cambridge Dictionary “something that you say that means that it is natural for
peopleto make mistakes and it is important to forgive people when they do”
出 處“To err is human; to forgive is divine.” 此一
經典名言實是出自十八世紀英國著名詩人亞歷山大●波普
(Alexander Pope,1688~1744) 「論批評」 (An Essay on Criticism)
THE FAMOUS POETRY QUOTE: “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet The popular saying created by line 525 of Pope’s poem An Essay on Criticism, Part II (1711) In the original poem, as published in 1711, the line is given as “To err is humane; to forgive, divine.” This is not because Pope erred in his spelling or believed that making a mistake was a compassionate thing to do. At the time, humane was the common spelling used for the wordhuman.
An Essay on Criticism was Pope’s first major work. Although the title calls it an “essay” it’s actually written as a poem, in the rhyming heroic couplet format. “To err is human; to forgive, divine” is one of three well-known quotes from the poem. The others are “a little learning is a dangerous thing” and “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Pope didn’t create the phrase “to err is human.” That’s the traditional English translation of the ancient Latin proverb “Errare humanum est.” However, by adding “to forgive, divine” he did create the longer saying that is still commonly used and adapted for both serious and humorous purposes.
The usual meaning ascribed to Pope’s version is that every human can make a mistake, so we should forgive those that do, just as God is said to show his divine mercy in forgiving sinners. The line comes at the end of a stanza in the poem that discusses (in an amazingly obtuse and flowery way) how writers sometimes overly praise or harshly criticize other writers.
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“寬恕”相關的名人佳句1.Forgive many things in others: nothing in yours. 別人的種種 ; 你罪無存。 Ausonius ( 奧索尼厄斯 )2.It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. 寬恕敵人比寬恕朋友容易。 Madame Dorothee Deluzy ( 桃樂絲●德路茲夫人 )3.There is no revenge so complete as forgive. 沒有比寬恕更徹底的復仇方式了。 Josh Biling( 喬西●比林斯 )4.The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute
of the strong.
弱者永不寬恕，寬恕是強者的特性。 Mahatma Gandhi( 聖雄甘地 )
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