No fooling
Apr. 1st, 2010 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
—attributed to Mark Twain (but probably originating from Rev. C. H. Spurgeon)
Or as twainquotes.com puts it: "This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: 'A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.'"
(The irony of this one coming up on random for April Fool's has me rather gobsmacked.)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
—attributed to Mark Twain (but probably originating from Rev. C. H. Spurgeon)
Or as twainquotes.com puts it: "This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: 'A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.'"
(The irony of this one coming up on random for April Fool's has me rather gobsmacked.)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.