December 2, 2018

I think you all will like this:  

THE TRUTH

According to a thirteenth century legend, truth and lie one day met.
The lie said to the truth:
" Today is a wonderful day!!"
The truth looked towards the sky and sighed, because the day was really beautiful.
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They spent a lot of time together, finally coming next to a well.
The lie said to the truth:
" The water is very beautiful, let's take a bath together!!"
The truth, once again suspicious, tested the water and discovered that it was really very beautiful. At that point they stripped and started bathing.

Suddenly, the lie came out of the water, and wearing the clothes of truth ran away.
The Furious truth, came out of the well and chased the lie to recover the clothes.
But the world, seeing the truth naked, looked upon it, with anger and contempt.
The poor truth returned to the well and disappeared forever, hiding his shame. Since then, the lie revolves around the world, dressed as the truth, satisfying the needs of society... Because the world, in any case, has no desire to meet the naked truth.

The painting: "The Truth Coming Out of the Well"
Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.

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