truth vs lie

Which is correct?
a. The truth lies at the bottom of the well
b. The Truth coming out of the well

According to a 19th-century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: "It's a marvelous day today"! 

The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well. The Lie tells the Truth: "The water is very nice, let's take a bath together!" The Truth, once again suspicious, tests the water and discovers that it indeed is very nice. They undress and start bathing. 

Suddenly, the Lie comes out of the water, puts on the clothes of the Truth, and runs away. 

The furious Truth comes out of the well and runs everywhere to find the Lie and to get her clothes back. 

The World, seeing the Truth naked, turns its gaze away, with contempt and rage.

The poor Truth returns to the well and disappears forever, hiding therein, its shame. 

Since then, the Lie travels around the world, dressed as the Truth, satisfying the needs of society, because, the World, in any case, harbors no wish at all to meet the naked Truth.
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The world-famous painting- "The Truth coming out of the well" Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.

Truth Coming Out Of Her Well To Shame Mankind by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) made its debut in the Paris Salon of 1896. Just as the painting itself is full of a sense of alluring ambiguity, so is the context and meaning behind it. We know that Gérôme took inspiration from a quote by the ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus: “The truth lies at the bottom of the well.” Gérôme actually carried this theme of a personified Truth into a series.

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