Melanthius, being asked what he thought of Dionysius’ tragedy, said: “I did not see it, it is so obfuscated by words.” So most of those who judge the speeches of the great ought to say: “I did not understand his meaning, it was so obfuscated by gravity, greatness, and majesty.”

Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays of Montaigne (translated by Donald M. Frame)