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.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain; And drinking largely sobers us again.