Truth is female, since truth is beauty rather than handsomeness; this, Ridcully reflected as the Council grumbled in, would certainly explain the saying that a lie could run around the world before Truth has got its, correction, her boots on, since she would have to choose which pair - the idea that any woman in a position to choose would have just one pair of boots being beyond rational belief. Indeed, as a goddess she would have lots of shoes, and thus many choices: comfy shoes for home truths, hobnail boots for unpleasent truths, simple clogs for universal truths and possibly some kind of slipper for self evident truth.

as mulheres e seus sapatos, de acordo com a fantasia de terry pratchett, a páginas 86 de unseen academicals, da corgi.
eu conseguia acrescentar mais uns poucos tipos de sapatos para outras tantas verdades (e só num olhar de relance para o meu armário... shame on me)