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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by notarobot123 on Sunday April 20, 2025 @06:33AM (#43742900) 

   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.
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Re:Librarians Are Dangerous by Y_Y on Sunday April 20, 2025 @02:04PM (#43745355)
> 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."
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