Funeral marches to the grave.—
Longfellow, Psalm of Life.
Our lives are but our marches to our graves.—
Beaumont and Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant.
Next these learned Johnson in this list I bring,
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian spring.—Drayton.
A little learning is a dangerous thing,
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring.—Pope.
Socrates said to some Sophists, who pretended to know everything, “As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.”