"事実は小説より奇なり" meaning in All languages combined

See 事実は小説より奇なり on Wiktionary

Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 事実は小説より奇なり [canonical] (ruby: (), (じつ), (しょう), (せつ), ()), jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori ki nari [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|じじつ は しょうせつ より き なり}} 事(じ)実(じつ)は小(しょう)説(せつ)より奇(き)なり • (jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori ki nari)
  1. truth is stranger than fiction

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