An older version: A lie is halfway round the world before the truth can get its boots on.
I looked up the book “Gems from Spurgeon” cited in that link. Here’s the whole book.
There is an excellent Terry Pratchett book, “The Truth,” which features that phrase as a major plot point.
An older version: A lie is halfway round the world before the truth can get its boots on.
I looked up the book “Gems from Spurgeon” cited in that link. Here’s the whole book.
There is an excellent Terry Pratchett book, “The Truth,” which features that phrase as a major plot point.