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.
Weitere Zitate von Alexander Pope
Zum Autor"Sickness is a sort of early old age it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state."
"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."
"Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach,And which a master hand alone can reach."
"What so tedious as a twice-told tale?"
"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
"Not to go back is somewhat to advance. And men must walk at least before they dance."