Or like the time he mentions how James saved Sev's life, but not the circumstances, which leads Harry to believe his father rushed into a dangerous situation totally unconnected with him or his friends solely because rescuing people is the right thing to do. (Dumbledore could argue that he has good strategic reasons for this carefully-edited version, but it's still, you know, inaccurate.) Which he mentions in the same conversation where he says truth should be treated with caution. So... yeah.
We know he has the Horcrux books removed from the library and tells readers in his Beadle commentary that the Deathly Hallows are a fantasy (which he knows perfectly well isn't true--he's carrying one around daily). So there's precedent for Dumbledore suppressing knowledge of evil or just dangerous magic. It wouldn't be out of character for him to have misgivings about too-thorough DADA instruction.
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Date: 2019-09-24 01:10 am (UTC)We know he has the Horcrux books removed from the library and tells readers in his Beadle commentary that the Deathly Hallows are a fantasy (which he knows perfectly well isn't true--he's carrying one around daily). So there's precedent for Dumbledore suppressing knowledge of evil or just dangerous magic. It wouldn't be out of character for him to have misgivings about too-thorough DADA instruction.