Truth is stranger than fiction
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| - | The saying "[[truth is stranger than fiction]]" originates from cantos 14 of [[Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan]]: "'Tis [[strange but true|strange — but true]]; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction". | + | The saying "[[truth is stranger than fiction]]" originates from cantos 14 of [[Lord Byron]]'s [[Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan]] (1819): "'Tis [[strange but true|strange — but true]]; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction". |
| - | [[Mark Twain]] appropriated it from [[Lord Byron]] when he said "Truth ''is'' stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." (''[[Following the Equator]]'' (1897), ch. 15) | + | [[Mark Twain]] appropriated it from Byron when he said "Truth ''is'' stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." (''[[Following the Equator]]'' (1897), ch. 15) |
| == Namesakes == | == Namesakes == | ||
| - | + | *''[[Truth Stranger than Fiction]]'' (1858) by Josiah Henson | |
| *''[[Stranger Than Fiction (film)|Stranger Than Fiction]]'' (2006), American film by Marc Forster | *''[[Stranger Than Fiction (film)|Stranger Than Fiction]]'' (2006), American film by Marc Forster | ||
| - | *''[[Truth Stranger than Fiction]]'' by [[Josiah Henson]] (1789-1883) | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| *[[Truth and fiction]] | *[[Truth and fiction]] | ||
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| *[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]] --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840 | *[[The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed]] --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840 | ||
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| - | *http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fiction | ||
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The saying "truth is stranger than fiction" originates from cantos 14 of Lord Byron's Don Juan (1819): "'Tis strange — but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction".
Mark Twain appropriated it from Byron when he said "Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." (Following the Equator (1897), ch. 15)
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Namesakes
- Truth Stranger than Fiction (1858) by Josiah Henson
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006), American film by Marc Forster
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See also
- Truth and fiction
- Imaginary gardens with real toads in them. --Marianne Moore
- The mind of man can imagine nothing which has not really existed --Edgar Allan Poe, 1840
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