“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Essential Bob Dylan (2000), Things Have Changed (recorded 1999)
“The lie was dead
And damned, and truth stood up instead.”
Bells and Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics: Count Gismond (1842), xiii.
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