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  • 2022-11-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Did George Washington Say, 'It Is Better To Be Alone Than In Bad Company'? (en)
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  • Online accounts often attribute this quote about keeping good company to George Washington: This quote is well-associated with the first president of the U.S., but he did not author it. Instead, the quote comes from a collection of Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation regularly used by school children of that era. As described by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: Sometime before the age of 16, the Library of Congress writes, Washington transcribed 110 'Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation' into his school copybook. That copybook is included in the George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress. Because Washington did not originate the saying, Snopes therefore rates the quote as Misattributed. (en)
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