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!
See http://www.trivia-library.com/b/origins-of-sayings-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction.htm
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