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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Where does the idiom truth is stranger than fiction
  

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It is not an idiom; it is a proverb. The presumed source is Lord Byron's Don Juan : 'Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently the world would men behold!

  • It is not an idiom; it is a proverb.
  • The presumed source is Lord Byron's Don Juan : 'Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange!
  • How differently the world would men behold!
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It is not an idiom; it is a proverb. The presumed source is Lord Byron's Don Juan:

'Tis strange, but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!

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