The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.
Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word.
I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.