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Frontispiece. An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".
"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. Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of Arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the ...
A Little Learning may refer to: "A little Learning is a dangerous thing", quotation from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope; A Little Learning, Evelyn Waugh's unfinished autobiography "A Little Learning" , a 2002 television episode "A Little Learning" (Super Mario World), a 1991 television episode
A Little Learning: The First Volume of an Autobiography (1964) is Evelyn Waugh's unfinished autobiography. It was published just two years before his death on Easter Sunday, 1966, and covers the period of his youth and education. [1] The title is a well-known quotation [2] from Pope's An Essay on Criticism, "A little learning is a dang'rous thing".
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"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." – Charleston, South Carolina, January 2000. [28] According to the Financial Times, the phrase "mental losses" seemed to be a malapropism of "missile launches". [28] "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
These father-daughter quotes celebrate the sweet bond between dads and their little girls. Find emotional and funny sayings from musicians, authors and poets. 78 father-daughter quotes that speak ...
"Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have – but I Have It" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer Lana Del Rey. The track was released as the third single on January 9, 2019, through Polydor Records , to promote her sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell! . [ 1 ]