Who said it: "A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes."

Quote is investigated in order to determine if it is from Mark Twain.

Johnathan Swift in 1710 wrote:

Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; …

So the following should not be a surprise.  The truth is the harder way, as the lie is the faster of the two, as it does its damage before the truth can repair it.  It seems that Mark Twain was only repeating an old maxim.

I write this because I want the blog to be about truth, but the problem could be that the truth never wins!!!!

Damn.  I would hate that, if it were really true.  But if it is, then there should not be any surprise at the suffering in the world.  The truth has to win, or we are in heap big doo-doo kemosabe.