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Origins of Sayings - Truth is Stranger than FictionAbout the history and origins behind the famous saying truth is stranger than fiction.Stories behind Famous Sayings
The Saying: TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION. Who Said It: Lord Byron When: 1823 The Story behind It: This line appears in Byron's poem 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!
In 1858 Josiah Henson (1789-1883), a Maryland-born slave, wrote an autobiography titled Truth Stranger than Fiction. Henson was supposedly the real-life Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. | ||
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