| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...science rise' A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink dee 1 .), or taste not the Pierian spying: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. So, pleas'd at first the tow'ring Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky; Th'... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Scott D. Evans - 1999 - 180 pages
...The simile tells a story of overconfidence leading into danger. Illustrating how "In fearless Youthwe tempt the Heights of Arts, / While from the bounded Level of our Mind, / Short Views we take," Pope adopts an alpine context to explain the dangerous inaccuracy of such intellectual presumption:... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Alex Meystel, E. R. Messina - 2001 - 688 pages
...Intelligent Systems. AHP, Robot Groups 1. Introduction 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 The brain is the most overrated organ. Woody Allen There are no satisfactory definitions... | |
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