History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.

Tomichan Matheikal
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History is replete with blunders written by sycophants. This quote is often attributed to the famous historian Thucydides (460 B.C.E.-400 B.C.E.). However, it appears in no extant writings of Thucydides, and there is no evidence that he would have said or written this. The earliest known version of the saying appeared in the novel "The History of the Peloponnesian War" by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Other candidates for authorship include English statesman Sir Edward Coke (1608-1687), English poet John Dryden (1631-1700), and French politician Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794).

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