“Being misunderstood by someone is vexation. Being misunderstood by everyone is tragedy.”
Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561556245/Understanding_Being_misunderstood_by_someone_is_vexation.html
Source: An Ideal Husband
“Being misunderstood by someone is vexation. Being misunderstood by everyone is tragedy.”
Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561556245/Understanding_Being_misunderstood_by_someone_is_vexation.html
“Being misunderstood is the measure of an artist, being understood is the measure of a man.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
“The point was to learn what it was we feared more: being misunderstood or being betrayed.”
Source: The Instructions
“The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.”
Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)
“You are happily being misunderstood in your use of the word "God."”
Sam Harris in debate against Deepak Chopra on ABC Nightline (23 March 2010) "Does God Have a Future?"
2010s
Of Agesilaus the Great
Laconic Apophthegms
Interview: Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts on Resurrecting an Icon for KONG: SKULL ISLAND http://dailydead.com/interview-director-jordan-vogt-roberts-on-resurrecting-an-icon-for-kong-skull-island/ (March 9, 2017)