A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.

Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
A History of Western Philosophy, Bk. I, Part II, ch. 11 “Socrates” (1945)

 
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