Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness

Orson Scott Card
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Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence. ✨ Orson Scott Card (1996). Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker, p.349, Macmillan
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