
Report, if you have a problem with this page“ I have often misunderstood men grossly, and I have misrepresented them when I understood them, sacrificing sense to make a phrase. Here, of course, is where even the most conscientious critic often goes aground; he is apt to be an artist before he is a scientist, and the impulse to create something passionately is stronger in him than the impulse to state something accurately. ”
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H.L. Mencken
From : H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism