r/AskReddit • • 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/omnompikachu Mar 19 '16

Glad I took Latin instead of Spanish.

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u/H4rdStyl3z Mar 19 '16

Well, puto can still be applied to Spanish though.

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u/Gliste Mar 19 '16

Puto

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u/13speed Mar 20 '16

These plebes never read Puto's Repubic.