hello friends! let me take you on a journey. a journey about how i unknowingly, and very much unintentionally, released a fake terry pratchett quote into the wilderness of the internet, where it’s been roaming free for nearly 3 years. 

https://vrabia.tumblr.com/post/180186839716/hello-friends-let-me-take-you-on-a-journey-a

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The author is honest about owning up, but the relevant Twitter search suggests that it is a losing battle. You can see why the sentiment would be plausible, even attractive.

But it’s not real…

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Postscript

That Wasn’t Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born: “How fitting that the man often credited with saying “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes” most likely did not invent the phrase. Commonly attributed to Mark Twain…”