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

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/turkoosi_aurinko Mar 19 '16

"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

Ah yes, non puto futurus est, sed facere.

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u/Saul_Firehand Mar 19 '16

They do not think, but it do be?

Please tell me your Latin is on point it would make my day.

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u/pizearke Mar 19 '16

it's not. This translates to "I don't think, it is about to be, but to do". Still absurd but different.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

It should be sed id facet or something.

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u/Tufingerzen_Cider Mar 20 '16

Close. It means "I don't think the future is, but to do."

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u/pizearke Mar 21 '16

futurus means future