| 100% | BYRON | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction" |
| 70% | BYRON | 5 | The phrase "Truth is stranger than fiction" originated from Canto XIV of a poem of "immoral content" by this author |
| 64% | BYRON | 5 | Originator of the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction" |
| 52% | HORACE | 6 | Poet who originated the phrase "harmony in discord" |
| 51% | DONNE | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "For whom the bell tolls" |
| 51% | YEATS | 5 | Poet who originated the phrase "no country for old men" |
| 47% | SENECA | 6 | Roman who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" |
| 47% | BYRON | 5 | "... truth is always strange; / Stranger than fiction" poet |
| 47% | SENECA | 6 | Roman philosopher who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" |
| 41% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 41% | TRUTH | 5 | It may be stranger than fiction |
| 40% | OTIS | 4 | James who originated the phrase "Taxation without representation" |
| 39% | SPOONER | 7 | Rev. William who originated the phrase "a blushing crow" |
| 38% | STRANGER | 8 | Truth is __ than fiction |
| 38% | PLINY | 5 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" |
| 38% | CICERO | 6 | Roman who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" |
| 37% | TERENCE | 7 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "Where there's life, there's hope" |
| 37% | TERENCE | 7 | Ancient playwright who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" |
| 37% | GRACEPALEY | 10 | Author and activist who wrote, “It is the poet’s responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless” |
| 36% | HORACE | 6 | Poet who gave us the phrase "carpe diem" |
| 36% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "April is the cruellest month" |
| 36% | POE | 3 | Poet whom the Edgar Award is named after |
| 36% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity" |
| 35% | AUDEN | 5 | Poet who wrote "For the Time Being" and "Another Time" |
| 35% | PROVERBS | 8 | Whence the phrase "Wisdom is better than rubies" |
| 35% | THAN | 4 | "Truth is stranger ___ fiction" |
| 35% | THAN | 4 | "Truth is stranger ___ fiction...." |
| 34% | DANTE | 5 | Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God" |
| 34% | OWEN | 4 | Wister who was known as the father of western fiction |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote "We loved with a love that was more than love" |