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Fact and Fancy (1962), p. 11

The dullness of fact is the mother of fiction.

— Isaac Asimov

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The dullness of fact is the mother of fiction." in the context of "Fact and Fancy (1962), p. 11" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Isaac Asimov

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.