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Beware the Great Quote

September 23rd, 2024 | 4 min read

By Steven Wedgeworth

Winston Churchill once said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” Sounds like something he’d say, right? Only it wasn’t Churchill who said it but Mark Twain. But actually, no, Twain never said this either. Charles Spurgeon did say it, but he wasn’t the first.

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