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Posted as commentary on The Emporia Gazette : “The naked truth” — There’s an ancient myth that Truth and Falsehood were bathing together in a river, when Falsehood got out, stole Truth’s clothes and put them on. Rather than wear the clothes of Falsehood, Truth decided to go naked.

Attributed to:  E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. 

Good article and comments at: ‘Naked, nekkid and nude’  by Don Coldsmith. 

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