Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And thin… - Alexander Pope

Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not the things unknown, but the things forgotten.

Tis not enough, your counsel still be true;
Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do;

Out with it, Dunciad: let the secret pass -
That secret to each fool - that he's an ass.
The truth once told (and whereby should we lie?),
The queen of Midas slept, and so may I.
You think this cruel? Take it for a rule,
No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.

A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.