Truth and the Traveler

A WAYFARING MAN, traveling in the desert, met a woman
standing alone and terribly dejected. He inquired of her,
"Who art thou?" "My name is Truth," she replied. "And for
what cause,"he asked, "have you left the city to dwell
alone here in the wilderness?" She made answer,
"Because in former times, falsehood was with few, but
is now with all men."

Source:
Aesop's Fables (http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/cgi/aesop1.cgi?4&TruthandtheTraveler)