An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations To err is human; to forgive, divine, A little learning is a dangrous thing (frequently misquoted as A little knowledge is a dangrous thing), and Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations To err is human; to forgive, divine, A little learning is a dangrous thing (frequently misquoted as A little knowledge is a dangrous thing), and Fools rush in where angels fear to tread