A lie travels round the world while truth is putting on her ... - Sophocles

"A lie travels round the world while truth is putting on her boots"

Sophocles Truth

Tragic Playwright Ancient Greece 496–406

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"Nobody likes the man who brings bad news."

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"Truth always comes out in the end."

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