truth is stranger than fiction
truth is stranger than fiction proverb: sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.
Proverb
truth is stranger than fiction
- Sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.
- It has often been said that truth is stranger than fiction. But what writer of the most extravagant fiction could have thought up such a life as that of William Kiffin? A poor orphan becoming one of the wealthiest merchants in the country; […]1989, B. A. Ramsbottom, Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of William Kiffin, Gospel Standard Publications, →ISBN, page 7
- In the end, truth is stranger than fiction: reality has more complications, more unanticipable twists and turns than fiction could ever imagine.2003, Nicholas Rescher, Imagining Irreality: A Study of Unreal Possibilities, Open Court Publishing, →ISBN, page 239
Forms of truth is stranger than fiction
| alternative form | fact is often stranger than fiction |
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| alternative form | fact is stranger than fiction |
| alternative form | truth is often stranger than fiction |
Origin of truth is stranger than fiction
Attributed to Lord Byron.
Questions about truth is stranger than fiction
- What does truth is stranger than fiction mean?
- Truth is stranger than fiction means sometimes actual events are stranger than imagined ones.
- What part of speech is truth is stranger than fiction?
- Truth is stranger than fiction is a proverb.
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