(1)本文第一句的可以追朔到美國1888 J. C. Street的書，書中引用柏拉圖說，“When old and young are taught in falsehood’s school, And the one man that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.“ 參考[1]。
(2)但是更早以前 George Francis Trai在1817的書中，曾寫下“When young and old are taught in Falsehood’s school:—And the man who dares to tell the truth, is called at once a lunatic and fool."一般認為是此句的原始作者。
(3)沒有任何證據顯示柏拉圖在兩千多年以前說過類似的話 ”在一個由騙子和傻子組成的社會中，人們痛恨的是揭穿謊言的人..“