Se non è vero, è ben trovato
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Se non è vero, è ben trovato is an Italian proverb meaning "If it is not true, it is well conceived. / If it is not true, it is a good story."
The dictum is found in De gl' heroici furori (1585, English: On the Heroic Frenzies) as "se non è vero, è molto ben trovato.":
It is translated as "If it is not true it is very well invented.", as quoted in A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1907) edited by Sir William Gurney Benham.
Variant translations:
- If it is not true, it is well conceived.
- If it is not true, it is a good story.
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See also
- never let the truth get in the way of a good story
- traduttore, traditore
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