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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumbe

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. – Alexander Pope

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A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. – Alexander Pope

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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. – John Calvin

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