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by mattkevan 3019 days 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
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devindotcom 3019 days ago
the 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/

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mattkevan 3018 days ago
Yeah I know - I read the same quoteinvestigator article. I just liked the comparison between Swift and Pratchett.
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