These are the first few lines from a poem written by Alexander Pope. It's called "Essay on Criticism" and it cautions us against learning a little bit and thinking we know a whole lot. I don't know if anyone else will dig this. (ps- the Pierian spring was the mythological source of knowledge, and this picture is not it.)
- A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
- Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
- There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
- And drinking largely sobers us again.

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