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TIL the famous Socrates quote about children being disrespectful and having bad manners was actually a fabrication written by a Canadian college student in 1907 (quoteinvestigator.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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[–] oantolin@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago

Technically that doesn't prove Socrates never said it, he might've, though it would be one hell of a coincidence. It amuses me to think we'll never know.

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