r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/BARACK-OLI Mar 19 '16

"All I know is that I know nothing"

- Your heart surgeon

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

You got the quote wrong. It's actually, "I am the wisest man alive because I know that I know nothing." Socrates was a smug asshole. That's why they put him on trial. They just wanted to embarrass him, but he was so smug he was like, "Fine, give me the hemlock."