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"An Essay on Criticism," Part 2, ll. 15-18 (1711) - Pope, Alexander | WIST Quotations
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring was sacred to the Muses, representing the metaphorical source of knowledge. The first line is more commonly…