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Søren KierkegaardI'm so misunderstood, that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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H.L. MenckenAny man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Elbert HubbardHe who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Friedrich NietzscheThe very word “Christianity” is a misunderstanding — in truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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QuintilianWe should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

—  Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician

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Jean CocteauThe worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.

—  Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist

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Eugene IonescoIf one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art.

—  Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright

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Rudyard KiplingWe’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

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Robert Louis StevensonDo not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

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Eric HofferIt is not at all simple to understand the simple.

—  Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher

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Alan GreenspanSince becoming a central banker, I have learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.

—  Alan Greenspan, 1926-, American economist

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Ambrose BierceLogic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

Alexandre Dumas, filsThere is only one legitimate way, which is work, to make money, and since a lot of people don't want to use it, a lot of misunderstanding results.

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

Henry MillerNo life in the whole history of man has been so misinterpreted, so woefully misunderstood as Christ's.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Philip RothIs an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Ashleigh BrilliantBeware! Freedom of speech also includes the freedom to be misunderstood.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Søren KierkegaardI would rather be a swineherd, understood by the swine, than a poet misunderstood by men.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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George W. BushThey misunderestimated me.

—  George W. Bush, 1946-, American President

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek phraseI talk to you about garlics and you respond about onions.

Εγώ σκόροδα σοι λὲγω, συ δε κρόμμυα αποκρίνει.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

—  Αρχαία παροιμιακή φράση

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