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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)

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[-] Bea@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

He was on trial.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Still invalid

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