Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Fable/truth

Fable/truth – antonyms.
Fable: noun - a fictional narrative orstatement; a myth or legend; a fiction devised to deceive; a ridiculous or dishoneststory; idle talk; something falsely claimed to exist, or not existing outside legend;a short story with animals as characters conveying a moral; someone or somethingthat has become proverbial.
Truth: noun - faithfulness, loyalty, constancy;trust, confidence; belief, a creed; disposition to speak or act truly orsincerely; truthfulness, sincerity; fact, facts; the matter or circumstance asit really exists; the real thing, as opposed to a representation or imitation; aReligious belief or doctrine held to be true or orthodox; orthodoxy; conduct inaccord with a divine standard; spirituality of life and behaviour; what is trueor real; reality; a true statement; something held or accepted as true; a fixedor established principle; conformity with fact; genuineness; authenticity; accuracyof representation in art or literature; lifelike quality; in Architecture, withoutpretence or imitation; conformity with a standard, pattern, or rule; accuracy,precision, correctness.
'Most of the stories and reportsconcerning religious entities are fables; that these myths and legends havelong been mistaken for truths is a matter for great concern amongst those whounderstand the value of honesty.'
'The behaviour and valuesof the vast majority of politicians, in particular the leaders in that field,demonstrate that they have no understanding of the meaning of truth. Like somany journalists, they mistake opinion for fact and proceed as though theirparticular beliefs about social matters equal truths, when, in most cases they representonly their own narrow and often distorted views of reality.'
2/12/1697 - St Paul's Cathedral was opened in London
2/12/1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed by fire.
Pic:  Barmouth beach, Dorset.