"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring." — Alexander Pope

From 'An Essay on Criticism' - a warning against shallow knowledge mistaken for mastery. Pope's advice isn't to avoid learning, but to go far enough into a subject that you actually understand its limits.

Category: poetry

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