Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Essay on Criticism. Part ii. Line 1.

A little learning is a dangerous thing;[323:3]

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,

And drinking largely sobers us again.

Essay on Criticism. Part ii. Line 15.

Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!

Essay on Criticism. Part ii. Line 32.

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see,