Jay Litwyn wrote:
"Durova" nadezhda.durova@gmail.com quoted Samuel Clemens in message news:a01006d90904151712x2e95f41r9c2dcf17a4dcbcef@mail.gmail.com...
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics". - Mark Twain
In book called "They never said it!", that is identified as apocryphal, which means that he did not write it (maybe I can find a finer criterion printed in the book).
Have just turned up an instance from 1892, in the */Birmingham Daily Post, /*so I'll add that to the article.*/ /*