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“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it” - Jonathan Swift, 1710 “...a lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on” - Terr
by mattkevan 9y ago
“Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it” - Jonathan Swift, 1710
“...a lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on” - Terry Pratchett, 2000
- devindotcom 9y agothe pratchett quote actually dates to much earlier. it's been attributed to churchill and twain. I used the Swift quote in my writeup of this study, though! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/
- mattkevan 9y agoYeah I know - I read the same quoteinvestigator article. I just liked the comparison between Swift and Pratchett.