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  2. An Essay on Criticism - Wikipedia

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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".

  3. Pierian Spring - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Pierides and the Muses.As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's 1711 poem An Essay on Criticism: "A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A little learning is a dangerous thing; A leopard cannot change its spots; A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny earned; A picture is worth a thousand words; A rising ...

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    The talk brought up ugly memories for Chai and many others. "I have heard the immigrants-come-to-town-and-eat-pets racist trope ever since I was a child.

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    Hank Azaria, who voices Police Chief Clancy Wiggum in The Simpsons, has responded in character to Donald Trump’s wildly false claim that people are eating pets in a town called Springfield.

  7. A Little Learning - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Matthew 7:6 - Wikipedia

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    Augustine: The dogs are those that assault the truth; the swine we may not unsuitably take for those that despise the truth. Therefore because dogs leap forth to rend in pieces, and what they rend, suffer not to continue whole, He said, Give not that which is holy to the dogs; because they strive to the utmost of their power to destroy the truth.

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