[facorreia]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[bjhoops1]

"Who watches the watchmen" would have been simpler and spared me a google search.

[sgdesign]

But I wouldn't have learned a cool new latin proverb.

[bjhoops1]

Although it should be noted that the Latin itself is a translation, since this quote is attributed to Socrates and would have originally been in Greek.

[facorreia]

According to Wikipedia it's (incorrectly) attributed to the Socrates character in Plato's Republic. Although a related idea is discussed in that book, the saying itself is attributed to Roman poet Juvenal, which was discussing marital affairs.

[atourgates]

Also, I wouldn't have gotten that feeling of smug superiority for having read Terry Pratchett.

[pc86]

But then how would we know that facorreia is smarter than we are?

[facorreia]

awesome fodder for a reddit comment chain, let's continue it there

[sageikosa]

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.