damnant quod non intellegunt Phrase
Meaning:
They condemn what they do not understand
Comment
Paraphrase of Quintilianus, De Institutione Oratoria, Book 10, Chapter 1, 26: Modesto tamen et circumspecto iudicio de tantis viris pronuntiandum est, ne, quod plerisque accidit, damnent quae non intellegunt. Yet students must pronounce with diffidence and circumspection on the merits of such illustrious characters, lest, as is the case with many, they condemn what they do not understand. (translated by Rev. John Selby Watson)
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