What philospher is associated with the quotation, "The only difference
between the truth and a lie is time"?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Feb 2004 20:14 PST

I've never encountered this quotation, and can't seem to find anything
like it on the Internet. It might be useful if we knew when and where
you encountered the quote. Any details might be helpful.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Feb 2004 20:39 PST

This is the closest thing that I've found:

"Have I said that time turns our lies into truths?"

Gene Wolfe, "Shadow & Claw: The First Half of The Book of the New Sun"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0312890176/ref=sib_aps_pg/102-6348444-0898553?p=S034&checkSum=AbOU5z0HieMXUS6%2F%2BrZQ%2Fv0RCAtRukEMh9W9ri6hbmo%3D&keywords=%22time%20turns%20our%20lies%20into%20truth%22#reader-link

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Clarification of Question by nosecone1023-ga on 05 Feb 2004 21:12 PST

No additional information regarding the question is available.