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Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

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

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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

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Preventer79@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago
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Quote Origin: Misbehaving Children in Ancient Times – Quote Investigator®
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    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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