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Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.

Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.

John Dryden
Truth, Understanding, Enthusiasm
John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800). “The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden, Now First Collected ...”, p.349

They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.

John Dryden
Men, Understanding, Firsts
1677 'The Author's Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic Licence', an essay prefacing State of Innocence, a libretto based on Paradise Lost.

If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.

John Dryden
Thinking, People, Understanding
'An Essay of Dramatic Poesy' (1668)

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