 | 1850 - 426 pages
...back to faith. " A little learning (I think il may hold sometimes here) is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again." It is so in this matter of philosophical Theism. It is likely... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...be won ; 'Twas ne'er entailed from sire to son. Gay. A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart. Young.... | |
 | Henry H. Bauer - 1999 - 372 pages
...pseudo-scientist. He illustrates what Pope was talking about [322]: A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: There shallow...intoxicate the Brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. To my own satisfaction, then, I have concluded that Velikovsky's ideas about matters of natural science... | |
 | Laurie R. King - 2009 - 512 pages
...demanded, impatient at her apparent non sequitur. " 'A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.' That is," she added, "supposing you were referring to Alexander Pope. It's a common misquotation, and... | |
 | Deborah C. Sawyer - 1998 - 234 pages
...1998, p. A3. Information: The Key to Better Decisions "A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep or taste not the Pierian Spring There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain While drinking largely sobers us again." Alexander Pope, 1711 The word "information" has become such... | |
 | Raymundo Joaquín Sada Anaya - 1999 - 332 pages
...Oratio de hominis dignitatc/ A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pieran spring; There, shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely, sobers us again, Alexander Pope. Una primera consideración que salta a la vista respecto a la oración sobre la dignidad... | |
 | Herb Galewitz - 1999 - 68 pages
...either, if he deems it best. PLUTARCH Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear. Trust not yourself; but your defects to know, Make use of ev'ry friend— and ev'ry foe. There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship; and, indeed, friendship itself is only... | |
 | David Breashears - 2000 - 340 pages
...Sumiyo, Wongchu, Jangbu, Paula, Liz, Audrey, and Brad A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. —Alexander Pope >•*•*' Camp I • 19,500ft. David Breashears's Everest Ascents and Attempts North... | |
 | Dhruv S. Kaji - 2001 - 244 pages
...damaging than no knowledge. In the words of Alexander Pope: A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Chapter Four Tne Texts THE TEACHINGS OF VEDANTA are contained in the vast treasure-house of Sanskrit... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 pages
...last and latest, superlatives of late, see leid I. ) A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow...intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. —Pope, Essay on Criticism All that is, at all, Lasts ever, past recall, Earth changes, but thy soul... | |
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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. 
